Evaluating a Pilot Alette Willis Lorena Georgiadou Johanna Holtan and John Harries PTAS Questions HE Context Holmes et al 2015 Jackson 2014 Edinburgh Uni Context What might a comprehensive HEI support provision look like ID: 383980
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Third Space: Evaluating a Pilot
Alette Willis, Lorena Georgiadou, Johanna Holtan, and John Harries Slide2
PTAS QuestionsSlide3Slide4
HE Context(Holmes et al., 2015; Jackson, 2014) Slide5
Edinburgh Uni ContextSlide6Slide7Slide8
What might a comprehensive HEI support provision look like?From the literature:
Pre-departure sessions Credit-bearing modules(Messelink et al., 2015; Penman and Ratz, 2015)Slide9
We provide the Tools to explore, reflect upon, and share cultural experiencesSlide10
Third Space PilotSlide11
The Third Space PilotApril 2014
October 2015Slide12
Pre-departure: Weekend Retreat(Spring 2014)2 days away from UniversityPromotion of ‘reflexive inquirer’ attitude Mindful exploration of everyday life
Engagement with ‘other’ Interactive sessions and Workshops Story-crafting and story-tellingEthnographic Skills Slide13
Sojourner: The Toolbox(Summer 2014 to Summer 2015)Online and in person30 ‘fun’ activities encouraging students to:Learn something new about the ‘host’ culture
Reflect on their own (cultural) identityEngage with ‘local’ peopleNetwork of 24 students actively engagedhttps://3rdspaceproject.wordpress.com/welcome/Slide14
Re-entry: Welcome Home Conference(Autumn 2015) 2 day eventStudent-led sessionsAims:
Reflect on and communicate learningFurther self-enhancement Avoid reverse culture shockEvaluate the overall provisionSlide15Slide16Slide17Slide18
Evaluation of the Third Space
PRE-DEPARTURESOJOURNERRE-ENTRYSlide19Slide20Slide21
EngagementSlide22
Favourite Activities
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A Third Spacer’s thoughts…‘Third Space definitely made me think more about what I am getting from my university exchange. I am realizing more how all the experiences that I have gained during the last seven month could affect and hopefully improve the wide range of skills that we were discussing and writing on the board during the weekend retreat last year. Moreover, I really
appreciate the network of students on exchange that we have thanks to Third Space. I do not feel alone but rather as a part of the exchange group of people. Everything seems easier when there are more of us dealing with the same problems.’Slide24Slide25Slide26
PTAS Pilot will inform ongoing development of Third SpaceSlide27
ReferencesHOLMES, P., BAVIERI, L. & GANASSIN, S. 2015. Developing intercultural understanding for study abroad: students' and teachers' perspectives on pre-departure intercultural learning. Intercultural Education, 26, 16-30.JACKSON, J. 2014. Education Abroad. In: JACKSON, J. (ed.) The Routledge Handbook of Language and Intercultural Communication.
Londond: Routledge.MESSELINK, H. E., VAN MAELE, J. & SPENCER-OATEY, H. 2015. Intercultural competencies: what students in study and placement mobility should be learning. Intercultural Education, 26, 62-72.PENMAN, C. & RATZ, S. 2015. A module-based approach to foster and document the intercultural process before and during the residence abroad. Intercultural Education, 26, 49-61.Slide28
Thank you for your attention
Contact Details: A.Willis@ed.ac.ukLorena.Georgiadou@ed.ac.ukJohanna.Holtan@ed.ac.ukThis research was funded by the Principal’s Teaching Awards Scheme (PTAS), Institute for Academic Development, University of Edinburgh Special Thanks to the rest of the Third Space Team: Areti Manataki, Siobhan Magee and Dave McNaughtonand to all the ‘Third Spacers’ for their contributions