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Virtual journey coupled with face-to-face exchange : enhancing the cultural sensitivity and competence of graduate students

This study attempted to enhance cultural sensitivity for graduate students at an American and a South African university, using a six-week online List Serv, email buddy exchange, and two-week face-to-face experience. After the course was over, results of the intercultural developmental inventory, using t-tests for related samples, showed that there was a significant difference (alpha equals .04) in the universalism and cognitive frame shifting clusters as well as the overall developmental cultural level of sensitivity. Positive trends were noted in the areas of cultural self-identity enhancement, and a decrease in inflation in the area of perceived intercultural sensitivity was noted.

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Series Title
Intercultural Education
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United Kingdom : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group.,
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Language
English
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14675986
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Volume 21, Issue 6, Dec 2010, Pages 549 - 566
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Culture
Virtual journey coupled with face-to-face exchange
Intercultural sensitivity
Travel abroad experiences
Self-identity
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