Transformative Learning Through Cultural Immersion

Authors

Rebecca A. Addleman, George Fox University
Carol J. Brazo, George Fox UniversityFollow
Tatiana Cevallos, George Fox UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Spring 2011

Abstract

This qualitative study explored avenues to increase students’ intercultural competence through transformative learning. School of Education graduate students and faculty from a small, private university traveled to Ecuador to participate in a cultural immersion practicum. In addition to these primary goals, the trip was designed to facilitate transformative learning about cultural conceptions, diversity, and the dynamics of student differences with the goal of understanding one’s own cultural framework and adapting to another culture to develop empathy towards culturally and linguistically diverse students in the United States.

Comments

Originally published in Northwest Passage: Journal of Educational Practices. Spring 2011.

Recommended Citation

Addleman, Rebecca A.; Brazo, Carol J.; and Cevallos, Tatiana, "Transformative Learning Through Cultural Immersion" (2011). Faculty Publications - College of Education. 193.
https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/soe_faculty/193