Preparing Tomorrow’s Global Leaders: Honors International Education

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contents Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ixMary Kay Mulvaney and Kim Klein Part I: Transformative Pedagogies Chapter 1: Academic Tourist or Scholar Abroad: Deep Approaches to Learning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Elizabeth Baigent Chapter 2: Transformation through Study Abroad: Critical Thinking and World Citizenship. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21A. Minh Nguyen Chapter 3: Short-Term International City as TextTM Pedagogy: A High-Impact Educational Practice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Mary Kay Mulvaney Chapter 4: Learning as Salon: Honors International Collaboration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Mischa Dekker, Justin van Dijk, Marca Wolfensberger, ChristineHait, Chantel Lucas, Corinne Mann, and John Zubizarreta Chapter 5: Lessons from Ten Years of a Faculty-Led International Service-Learning Program: Planning, Implementation, and Benefits for First-Year Honors Students. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Phame Camarena and Helen Collins Chapter 6: An Interpersonal Engagement Approach to International Study: Lessons in Leadership and Service Learning from South Africa. . . . . 105Kevin W. Dean and Michael B. Jendzurski Chapter 7: Developing Global Community-Based Undergraduate Research Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133Mary Ann Studer Part II: Programmatic Elements and Challenges Chapter 8: Promoting a Largeness of Mind: Preparing Faculty for Honors International Field Experiences . . . . . . 155Bernice Braid Chapter 9: Overcoming Obstacles to Studying Abroad for Honors Students. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167Philip Krummrich and Kayla Burton Chapter 10: Finding a Way: Addressing the Financial Challenges of Studying Abroad. . . . . . . . . . . 189Kim Klein and Mary Kay Mulvaney Chapter 11: Mitigating the Challenges and Risks of International Travel: Preserving Opportunities for a Global Honors Experience . . . . . . . . . 197Mary Ann Studer Chapter 12: Exploring the Synergies between Undergraduate Honors Theses and Study Abroad Experiences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217Lisa Markus, Jill McKinney, and Anne M. Wilson Chapter 13: “New Ways of Seeing”: Internationalizing An Honors Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239Christopher J. Frost, Timothy L. Hulsey, and Karey Sabol Chapter 14: Creating International Opportunities for Honors Students in the Health Professions: A Nursing Case Study. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275Ellen B. Buckner and Lygia Holcomb Chapter 15: Honors Overseas with an International Population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289Cecile Houry Part III: Advice from Experienced Faculty Leaders Chapter 16: Lessons Learned: An Idiosyncratic Top Ten List for Study Abroad Program Directors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303Karl M. Petruso Chapter 17: A Delicate Balancing Act: Maximizing the Short-Term Study Abroad Experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . 315Karen Lyons Part IV: Model Honors International Courses 1. Hiroshima Peace Study. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339 2. Community-Based Leadership: Visions of Hope from South Africa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 3. E xperiencing the New Europe (Poland, Czech Republic, Germany). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346 4. Monsters and Modernism (Romania and Czech Republic). . . . . . 350 5. Topography and Monuments of Ancient Greece. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352 6. Scholars’ Semester in Oxford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 7. Youth Culture/Contemporary Youth: The Making of a New Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360 8. French Communication and Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363 9. Cultures in Contact (Belize). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366 10. Intercultural Leadership (Mexico). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369 11. Special Topics in Marine Biology and Animal Behavior (U.S. Virgin Islands). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372 About the Authors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37