Transcultural Encounters on a Mediterranean Island: Stories from a Dual Degree

Autor/in	Mifsud, Dione
Titel	Transcultural Encounters on a Mediterranean Island: Stories from a Dual Degree
Quelle	In: Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 8 (2015) 1, S.50-72 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1755-2273
DOI	10.3167/latiss.2015.080104
Schlagwörter	Dual Enrollment; Masters Degrees; International Programs; Intercollegiate Cooperation; Counselor Training; Cross Cultural Training; Course Evaluation; Global Approach; International Education; Personal Narratives; Cultural Awareness; Graduate Students; Practicums; Universities; Cultural Pluralism; Foreign Countries; Ethnography; Malta; Maryland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Doppelstudium; Hochschulkooperation; Interkulturelle Orientierung; Globales Denken; Internationale Erziehung; Erlebniserzählung; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Practicum; Praktikum; Praktika; University; Universität; Kulturpluralismus; Ausland; Ethnografie
Abstract	This article explores the decision by two universities, the University of Malta and the University of Maryland, College Park, U.S.A., to create a dual master's degree in transcultural counselling. The difficulties encountered by the two universities in creating a harmonised system encompassing tuition, assessment, accreditation and regulatory procedures will be discussed, as well as the complexities of learning and teaching and the opportunities for intercultural learning. The article explores the experiences of the students and academics as they grapple with two different philosophical and academic systems, but also with their own personal and professional differences as narrated, composed and received in their different contexts--interactional, historical, institutional and discursive. Through the narratives of the research participants a powerful tool for course evaluation was created. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01