Learning and Personality on Study Tours Abroad

Autor/inn/en	Miao, Shin Yu; Harris, Roger
Titel	Learning and Personality on Study Tours Abroad
Quelle	In: Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 17 (2012) 4, S.435-452 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1359-6748
DOI	10.1080/13596748.2012.738981
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Postsecondary Education; Study Abroad; Tourism; Cognitive Style; Student Motivation; Communicative Competence (Languages); Experiential Learning; Individual Characteristics; Personality Traits; Participant Observation; Australia; Taiwan; United Kingdom; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Tourismus; Cognitive styles; Kognitiver Stil; Schulische Motivation; Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Individual characteristics; Teilnehmende Beobachtung; Australien; Großbritannien; USA
Abstract	Study tours abroad are important arenas for post-compulsory education. This paper focuses on how personality affects students' learning on study tours abroad. The research involved 66 learners from one higher education institution in Taiwan on tours to the UK, the USA and Australia. Data were gathered using questionnaires and learning journals, and informed by participant observation of the first author as tour leader. Findings can be only indicative as the study was limited to a relatively small sample from one institution and the tours were short term. The paper illustrates how study tours are a special example of experiential education. Data reveal notable, self-reported improvements in English language ability and cultural knowledge, supporting findings of other researchers. They also indicate, in terms of type theory, that extraverts and sensates derive the most benefit from study tours. The findings hold important implications for study tour leadership and organisation. (Contains 8 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10