Disability Around the World: Study Abroad in Diverse Cultural Contexts
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Keywords
diversity, international travel, disability studies
Abstract
During a short-term study abroad program undergraduates and instructors from the U.S. explored disability issues in diverse cultural contexts: Ghana, UAE, Nepal, and Thailand. Through qualitative analyses of personal narratives, student interviews, journals, and other products, student- and faculty-researchers learned that participating students developed more critical perspectives on the importance of culture in shaping disability experiences in the U.S. and abroad.
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Cypher, J., & Martin, D. (2008). The Mobius strip: Team teachers reflecting on disability studies and critical thinking. Disability Studies Quarterly, 28(4). Available from, www.dsq-sds.org
Ellis, C., & Bochner, A. (2000). Autoethnography, personal narrative, reflexivity: Researcher as subject. In N. K. Denzin & Y. S. Lincoln (Eds.), Handbook of Qualitative Research, 2nd ed., (pp. 733-768). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Gaines-Hanks, N., & Grayman, N. (2009). International service-learning in South Africa and personal change: An exploratory content analysis. NASPA Journal, 46(1), 72-93.
Hulgin, K., O’Connor, S., Fitch, E., & Gutsell, M. (2011). Disability studies pedagogy: Engaging dissonance and meaning making. Review of Disability Studies, 7(3-4), 52-66.
Jones, E., & Caruana, V. (2010). Preface: Nurturing the global graduate for the twenty-first century: Learning from the student voice on internationalisation. In E. Jones (Ed.), Internationalisation and the Student Voice (pp. xv-xxiii). New York: Routledge.
Lincoln, Y., Lynham, S., & Guba, E. (2011). Paradigmatic controversies, contradictions and emerging confluences, revisited. In N. Denzin & Y. Lincoln (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research (pp. 97-128). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Mobility International U.S.A. (n.d.). Faculty-led study abroad programs for students with disabilities. Available at http://www.miusa.org/ncde/tools/facultyled
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Pence, H. M., & Macgillivray, I. K. (2008). The impact of an international field experience on preservice teachers. Teaching and Teacher Education, 24, 14-25.
Race, D. (2007). Intellectual Disability: Social Approaches. Maidenhead, England: Open University Press, McGraw-Hill.
Sachau, D., Brasher, N., & Fee, S. (2010). Three models for short-term study abroad. Journal of Management Education, 34, 645-670.
Shames, W., & Alden, P. (2005). The impact of short-term study abroad on college students with LD and/or AD/HD. Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 11, 1-31.
Scheib, M. (2006). Making an impact: The benefits of studying abroad. Review of Disability Studies, 2(2), 50-57.
Sutton, R., & Rubin, D. (2004). The GLOSSARI project: Initial findings from a system-wide research initiative on study abroad learning outcomes. Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 10, 65-82.
World Health Organization. (n.d.). Disabilities. Available from, http://www.who.int/topics/disabilities/en/
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Author Biographies
Laura Eisenman, University of Delaware
Laura T. Eisenman, Ph.D. is Associate Professor in University of Delaware's (UD) School of Education and affiliated with UD's Center for Disabilities Studies as faculty coordinator of the interdisciplinary undergraduate Disabilities Studies Minor.Michael Gamel-McCormick, University of Delaware
Michael Gamel-McCormick, is Professor in UD's Department of Human Development & Family Studies.
Ashley Curran, University of Delaware
Ashley Curran received a B.S. in Human Services with a concentration in Administration & Family Policy.
Rachel McCulley, University of Delaware
Rachel McCulley received a B.S. in Human Services with a concentration in Administration & Family Policy.Meghan Moritz, University of Delaware
Meghan Moritz received a B.S. in Exercise Science with a concentration in Exercise Physiology.
Kim Musheno, Director of Legislative Affairs, Association of University Centers on Disabilities
Kim Musheno is Director of Legislative Affairs for the Association of University Centers on Disabilities.