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Abstract

Seven counseling and guidance students from California participated in a study abroad program in which they were placed in a high school in Auckland, New Zealand, for one month. Their comments on the experience in response to researchers' questions form the basis of this paper. They suggest that the participants benefited from being immersed in a culturally different context where they had to consider differences in school organization, counseling priorities, and students' cultural mores. This immersion required them to think about their own professional values and to engage in high level learning, appropriate to masters level field experience work. They commented especially on different approaches to cultural and racial issues in New Zealand and California and on experiencing a counseling profession that is more focused on addressing social issues than on college readiness.

Details

1007399
Identifier / keyword
Title
California Student Counselors Reflect on a Study Abroad Experience in New Zealand
Volume
4
Issue
2
Pages
32-47
Number of pages
16
Publication date
Spring 2015
Printer/Publisher
Phi Beta Delta
Honor Society for International Scholars. Administration Building Rooms 148 & 150, 5500 University Parkway, California State University, San Bernardino, CA 92407
http://www.phibetadelta.org
Tel.: 909-537-5018, Fax: 909-537-7458
Publisher e-mail
eISSN
2167-8669
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Peer reviewed
Yes
Summary language
English
Language of publication
English
Document type
Article, Report
Number of references
17
Subfile
ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
Accession number
EJ1148747
ProQuest document ID
1941333583
Document URL
https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/california-student-counselors-reflect-on-study/docview/1941333583/se-2?accountid=208611
Last updated
2024-03-07
Database
2 databases
  • Education Research Index
  • ProQuest One Academic