Traversing Threshold in Child and Youth Care Education: A Qualitative Inquiry into the Meaning-Making Experience of Student Participants in an International Study Tour

Abstract

This qualitative, relational-centred inquiry explores the learning experiences of a group of 20 Child and Youth Care (CYC) students who completed a 12-day international study tour designed to introduce CYC students to Irish and Scottish history, culture, and social care systems through experiential place-based learning and a combination of formal and informal relational pedagogies. The data analysis revealed thirteen thematic categories organized the five guiding research question. Discipline: Child and Youth Care Faculty Mentor: Dr. Gerard Bellefeuill