Mediating global citizenry: a study of facilitator-educators at an Australian university
| Autor: | Tamara Young, Kevin Lyons, Joanne Hanley |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Cultural Studies
business.industry 05 social sciences Geography Planning and Development 050301 education Management Monitoring Policy and Law Public relations Experiential learning Transformative learning Tourism Leisure and Hospitality Management Facilitator 0502 economics and business Mediation Sociology Global citizenship Marketing business Global citizenship education 0503 education Curriculum 050212 sport leisure & tourism Tourism |
| Zdroj: | Tourism Recreation Research. 42:223-234 |
| ISSN: | 2320-0308 0250-8281 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/02508281.2017.1304325 |
| Popis: | Research concerned with global citizenry in tourism is often focused on the potential outcomes of educational travel on the global competencies of student travellers. The experiential learning of educational travel – increasingly represented by short-term, faculty-led programmes – can be transformative for students. It is argued that educational travel shifts the focus of young people from a narrow or self-oriented position, to a broader and more encompassing global perspective to become socially aware and responsible global citizens. Whilst such outcomes of educational travel are evidenced in academic literature, an aspect of educational travel that has been overlooked concerns the mediation of global citizenship. This qualitative study investigates the role played by university staff who facilitate short-term educational travel, finding that, in addition to playing a key role in curriculum delivery and programme logistics, university staff are active in global citizenship education through the m... |
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