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Developing World Connections: The Transformative Potential of Coming Face to Face with Cultural Difference in a Short-Term Volunteer Tourism Experience.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Developing World Connections: The Transformative Potential of Coming Face to Face with Cultural Difference in a Short-Term Volunteer Tourism Experience./
Author:	Elfenbein, Jennifer.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2018,
Description:	223 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 80-09, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International80-09A.
Subject:	Multicultural Education. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=13426414
ISBN:	9780438905795

Developing World Connections: The Transformative Potential of Coming Face to Face with Cultural Difference in a Short-Term Volunteer Tourism Experience.
Elfenbein, Jennifer.

Developing World Connections: The Transformative Potential of Coming Face to Face with Cultural Difference in a Short-Term Volunteer Tourism Experience. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2018 - 223 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 80-09, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Saybrook University, 2018.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

Volunteer tourism is recognized as a form of alternative tourism (Wearing, 2001) and is increasingly popular among young adults seeking more culturally authentic international experiences (Lough, 2015; Tiessen, 2012). Volunteer tourism has the potential to educate participants about cultural difference and help build mutually respectful relationships between volunteers and host communities (McIntosh & Zahra, 2007). The purpose of this research study was to identify the learning experiences of a short-term volunteer tourism program that led to a transformative shift in perspective about cultural identity, social responsibility, and capacity acting as critical global citizens. Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA; Smith, Flowers, & Larkin, 2009), this study investigated the lived experiences of five young adults from Canada who traveled to Guatemala to volunteer. Multiple sources of data included semistructured interviews conducted immediately before and after the trip to Guatemala, 6 months, and 1 year after returning home; a focus group discussion involving all of the participants; travel journals; and observations. Findings for each participant have been presented individually, and a cross-case analysis conveyed the convergences and divergences between them. The results have been discussed in relation to Mezirow's (2000) transformative learning theory and M. J. Bennett's (2004) Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity. Five learning experiences were identified: (a) affective learning; (b) connected knowing; (c) cross-cultural exchange approach to travel; (d) relational knowing; and (e) cultivating reflection. The results suggest that a short-term volunteer tourism program for youth may be an effective method for bringing about changes in self and identity and encouraging an empathetic understanding and acceptance of other cultures. In order to improve the transformative learning potential of short-term programs, the findings of this study can be used by volunteer tourism organizations to prioritize relations of mutual learning over a development aid model, facilitate critical reflection in supportive learning communities, and create pathways for acting on one's social responsibility in local and global contexts. More research is needed to evaluate the efficacy of programs with critical literacy components such as pretrip and posttrip reflection and assessments of additional international service and volunteer programs that vary by activities, locations, and durations.

ISBN: 9780438905795Subjects--Topical Terms:

2122919
Multicultural Education.

Developing World Connections: The Transformative Potential of Coming Face to Face with Cultural Difference in a Short-Term Volunteer Tourism Experience.
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