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Reflecting on Culture in an Immersion Experience: How to Prepare Students for the Unexpected

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Conference

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Location

Minneapolis, MN

Publication Date

August 23, 2022

Start Date

June 26, 2022

End Date

June 29, 2022

Conference Session

LEES 5: Preparing and Practicing Culturally and Ethically Sensitive Engagement

Page Count

15

DOI

10.18260/1-2--41399

Permanent URL

https://peer.asee.org/41399

Download Count

920

Paper Authors

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Laura Fiss Michigan Technological University

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Research Assistant Professor, teaching in the Pavlis Honors College and Department of Humanities at Michigan Technological University. PhD in English. Monograph, _The Idler's Club: Humour and Mass Readership from Jerome K. Jerome to P. G. Wodehouse_ forthcoming in January 2023 from Edinburgh University Press. Research in reflection.

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Darnishia Slade Michigan Technological University

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Darnishia Slade-Morris is a PhD student in Michigan Technological University's Applied Cognitive Sciences and Human Factors Program. Her research focus includes self-efficacy, mental toughness, and microaggressions. Darnishia is also the Pavlis Educator and Manager of Global Engagement Programs in the Pavlis Honors College at Michigan Tech. She’s a foodie who enjoys spending time with friends and family as well as impromptu road trips!

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Abstract

Experiential learning is increasingly recognized as a high-impact educational practice, and reflection is an essential piece of consolidating learning from experiences, as many models of service learning and other experiential learning note. This paper addresses the mechanics of assigning reflection, with an emphasis on assignment structure. The prompt should be open-ended enough to allow students to bring elements of their experience that they may think don’t pertain to the subject at hand -- precisely because those moments are often where the greatest learning takes place. Drawing from years of experience with the Immersion Experience component of the Pavlis Honors College curriculum, this paper analyzes student reflections and offers suggestions about the structure of reflective assignments and their placement in curricula.

Fiss, L., & Slade, D. (2022, August), Reflecting on Culture in an Immersion Experience: How to Prepare Students for the Unexpected Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--41399

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