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Teaching Diversity Through International Service‐Learning

Review o view of the Lit the Literatur rature

• Teachable Moments

achable Moments – occur when student witness injustice & witness injustice & inequality inequality

(Grusky, 2000).

• Fosters pr

problem-solving and critical thinking

• blem-solving and critical thinking on the part of the students

(Kraft, 2002).

• Usually includes cultural compet

cultural competency

• ency. International experiences pr

promot

• mote

e glob global citizenship and pr al citizenship and professional development essional development in an increasingly interconnected world (Sternberger, Ford & Hale, 2005).

• Students transform

transform int intellectually llectually, morally morally, culturally , culturally, per , personally sonally, , spiritually spiritually, and , and politically politically (Kiely, 2004, 2005).

Service‐Learning A method of teaching and learning that meets a community need through meaningful service and focused reflection.

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The 5 M Preparation Guide

Data Collection Data Collection

• 1. A written pr

pre- e- and post and post-trip sur

• trip survey

ey that elicited student demographic information, v student demographic information, volunt lunteer hist eer histor

• ry, and

attitudes attitudes about global citizenship

• 2. Students’ reflective writing

flective writing, including blog entries and blog entries and final p final papers pers 3.

• 3. Field not

Field notes that we completed during weekly pre-trip sessions and the trip itself

Findings (cont.) Findings (cont.)

2011 N=15 2012 N=7 2013 N=11 Pre Post Δ Pre Post Δ Pre Post Δ

Students who were able to list 5 contemporary social issues which were important to them.

53% 80% 27% 85% 57% ‐28% 100% 100% 0%

Students who were able to list 2 ways they believe individual and collective actions have an impact on global communities.

73% 85% 100%

Students ability t udents ability to list answ list answer ers t s to questions included on questions included on the pr the pre- e- and post and post- assessments o assessments of an int an internationa rnational ser l service learning experience. ice learning experience.

Findings Findings

2011 N=15 2012 N=7 2013 N=11 Pre Post Δ Pre Post Δ Pre Post Δ I am committed to a life of service 60% 67% 7% 57% 86% 29% 82% 80% ‐2% I have knowledge of another culture./I have increased my knowledge of another culture. 75% 87% 12% 57% 86% 29% 75% 90% 15% The trip made me more aware of my personal privilege 93% 85% 86% I value service 93% 93% 0% 86% 86% 90% 90% I value education for every person 93% 100% 7% 86% 100% 14% 91% 90% ‐1% I believe that all persons are equal 100% 93% ‐7% 86% 100% 14% 100% 100% 0% Figure 1. Students that selected “strongly agree” on a 4‐point scale in response to pre‐ and post‐ assessments of an international service learning experience.

2011 N=15 2012 N=7 2013 N=11

Pre Post Δ Pre Post Δ Pre Post Δ

I am committed to a life of service

60% 67% 7% 57% 86% 29% 82% 80% ‐2%

I have knowledge of another culture./I have increased my knowledge of another culture.

75% 87% 12% 57% 86% 29% 75% 90% 15%

The trip made me more aware of my personal privilege

93% 85% 86%

I value service

93% 93% 0% 86% 86% 90% 90%

I value education for every person

93% 100% 7% 86% 100% 14% 91% 90% ‐1%

I believe that all persons are equal

100% 93% ‐7% 86% 100% 14% 100% 100% 0%

Service Abroad

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Service Abroad

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The Places They’ll Go!

• Paris
• South America
• China
• Sydney
• Brazil

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Through travel students…

• Experience their own culture in the context of others
• Exposure to diverse backgrounds and situations
• Examine and breakdown barriers, prejudices, and biases
• Develop their own understanding and critical thinking of

history and other cultures and societies

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Why Teach Diversity through International Service‐Learning?

• Skilled citizen leaders
• Global empathetic cultural

ambassadors

• Imagine an increasingly interconnected and cooperative

world with mutual respect and understanding

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2011 N=15 2012 N=7 2013 N=11

Pre Post Δ Pre Post Δ Pre Post Δ

I am committed to a life of service

60% 67% 7% 57% 86% 29% 82% 80% ‐2%

I have knowledge of another culture./I have increased my knowledge of another culture.

75% 87% 12% 57% 86% 29% 75% 90% 15%

The trip made me more aware of my personal privilege

93% 85% 86%

I value service

93% 93% 0% 86% 86% 90% 90%

I value education for every person

93% 100% 7% 86% 100% 14% 91% 90% ‐1%

I believe that all persons are equal

100% 93% ‐7% 86% 100% 14% 100% 100% 0%

Students need to process experiences

• Create opportunities for students to tell stories

“I’ve learned to be more open-minded. Don’t judge a book by its

• cover. Interacting with people in Dominica who didn’t look like me
• r had different beliefs made me realize that when you have

preconceptions it’s harder to get to know others and see them for who they really are.”

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“Visiting the [school] and seeing the children there do so much that people would not and did not expect of them was amazing and really drove home the point that disability is not inability.”

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“I realized after leaving [Dominica] that I had preconceived

• notions. When I returned I realized I had Western ways of thinking.

Even when I thought I was thinking outside the box, I was still confined to it. Being in Dominica really opened that up for me…”

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Any questions?

mgarcia1295@alamo.edu