Blum, N;
(2020)
Study Abroad as a Route to Global Citizenship: Student Perspectives in the UK.
In: Bourn, D, (ed.)
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Global Education and Learning.
Bloomsbury Academic: London, UK.
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Abstract
Universities around the world invest significant resources in developing study abroad programmes, often with a diverse range of aims – including promoting individual student learning and development, as well as enhancing mobility and employability. While the experience of studying abroad is also frequently cited as a key route to helping undergraduate students to develop global perspectives and global citizenship, it remains unclear to what extent the learning which takes place actually supports that aim. There are also on-going debates about the relative value of different perspectives on what constitutes a ‘global citizen’, and particularly whether this revolves around mobility and employability or the development of criticality and a sense of care and social justice. The frequent mismatch between programme aims and students’ own interests often further complicates this discussion. This chapter therefore explores the perspectives of students on their own experiences of study abroad and both its potential and challenges for developing a global perspective. It is based on a small-scale study of undergraduate students enrolled in the BASc Arts and Sciences degree at University College London (UK), all of whom studied abroad as part of their degree course. The research included a literature review, an anonymous online questionnaire and a series of interviews with students, and analysis of study abroad dissertations. The chapter explores the students’ perspectives on (i) how the study abroad experience had an impact on their world outlook and their views of global citizenship, (ii) the extent to which it enabled them to develop new knowledge and skills, and (iii) how the experience may have influenced their plans for the future.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Study Abroad as a Route to Global Citizenship: Student Perspectives in the UK |
| ISBN: | 1350108731 |
| ISBN-13: | 9781350108738 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/the-bloomsbury-handb... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | study abroad, global citizenship, higher education |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10110443 |
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