Addresses the challenges of adapting thinking and behaviour as you travel in an unfamiliar environment, of making the most of the opportunities, and of meeting and interacting with locals. The book is designed to help you prepare for your study abroad experience so you can get the most from it, and gain critical intercultural skills while crossing cultures. It offers strategies for learning about and exploring cultural differences and similarities; and advice about how to actively observe and participate in the life of the locality in which you find yourself.
Addresses the challenges of adapting thinking and behaviour as you travel in an unfamiliar environment, of making the most of the opportunities, and of meeting and interacting with locals. The book is designed to help you prepare for your study abroad experience so you can get the most from it, and gain critical intercultural skills while crossing cultures. It offers strategies for learning about and exploring cultural differences and similarities; and advice about how to actively observe and participate in the life of the locality in which you find yourself.
Steven T. Duke serves as Executive Director of Global Student/Faculty Development, Research and Risk Management at Wake Forest University. In this role, he coordinates efforts to enhance professional development of faculty, including through the annual WISE Conference. He oversees the Cross-Cultural Engagement Program (CCE) for students and also coordinates risk-management efforts and support for students, faculty and staff who travel abroad. His research areas are: history of education in Russia, particularly during the late tsarist era, 1870's to 1914; history of ethnic minorities in the Russian empire and Soviet Union; history of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Finland; international education and comparative education. Steve's teaching areas are in Russian and modern European history. Steven S. Reinemund Dean, Wake Forest University School of Business and retired Chairman / CEO, PepsiCo Ken Bouyer Director of Inclusiveness Recruiting at Ernst & Young LLP.
Inhaltsangabe
Acknowledgments Foreword 1 - Steven S. Reinemund Foreword 2 - Ken Bouyer Preface Introduction 1. What Is Cross-Cultural Engagement? 2. Why Cross-Cultural Engagement Is Often Limited and Some Strategies to Increase It 3. Visible Dimensions of Culture. Food Art Clothing Music and Holidays 4. Visible Dimensions of Culture. Infrastructure Technology and Shopping 5. Less Visible Elements of Culture. Relationships 6. Less Visible Elements of Culture. Communication Styles Religion and Time 7. Your Identity 8. Culture Shock and Cross-Cultural Engagement 9. Additional Student Profiles 10. Conclusions Appendix. Things to Know Before You Go References Index
Acknowledgments Foreword 1 - Steven S. Reinemund Foreword 2 - Ken Bouyer Preface Introduction 1. What Is Cross-Cultural Engagement? 2. Why Cross-Cultural Engagement Is Often Limited and Some Strategies to Increase It 3. Visible Dimensions of Culture. Food Art Clothing Music and Holidays 4. Visible Dimensions of Culture. Infrastructure Technology and Shopping 5. Less Visible Elements of Culture. Relationships 6. Less Visible Elements of Culture. Communication Styles Religion and Time 7. Your Identity 8. Culture Shock and Cross-Cultural Engagement 9. Additional Student Profiles 10. Conclusions Appendix. Things to Know Before You Go References Index
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