- Title
- Experimenting with place : The China project
- Creator
- Plunkett, Margaret; Dyson, Michael; Holcombe, Wendy
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- Text; Book chapter
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/165276
- Identifier
- vital:13247
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5732-8_11
- Identifier
- ISBN:978-981-10-5731-1
- Abstract
- This chapter presents an overview of a research project conducted to determine the impact of an immersion experience in China that was offered to students attending the Alpine campus of the SSL in 2014. The students participated via a state government initiative—the Victorian Young Leaders to China (VYLC) program, which aimed to aid intercultural awareness and understanding of secondary school students. Through pre- and post-surveys and focus group discussions with 43 students and 10 teachers, data was collected about the immersion experience and the impact it had on the participants. Both students and teachers reported on the value of the experience, particularly in terms of increasing intercultural awareness. However, as it was the first time that the China program was offered through the SSL, a number of issues and challenges were highlighted, which provided a sound context for associated changes to ensure that future experiences were as successful as possible. The program was also offered to groups of students attending the SSL during 2015 and 2016 due to the positive feedback from the initial pilot reported in this chapter.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Relation
- Surviving, thriving and reviving in adolescence : Research and narratives from the school for student leadership Chapter 11 p. 173-201
- Rights
- Copyright © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Alternate educational setting; Adolescent relationships; Contemporary rite of passage; Personal growth; Student leadership; Social emotional development; Residential education; School for student leadership; Middle years education; Alternative education; Education in Australia
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