Education professionals as facilitators of study abroad programs in Spain: Formal training needs

This paper investigates an aspect of study abroad programs that has rarely been studied before: the training needs of local education professionals in Spain. Through a mixed-method, using a questionnaire completed by 103 participants, and interviews with 15 of them, we focus on their previous formal...

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Autores: Herencia Grillo, Amalia, Hernández de la Torre, Elena
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/146735
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/146735
https://doi.org/10.15446/profile.v22n1.75772
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Academic teaching personnel
Intercultural education
Study abroad
Teacher education
Educación del profesorado
Educación intercultural
Personal académico educador
Study abroad.
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Sumario:This paper investigates an aspect of study abroad programs that has rarely been studied before: the training needs of local education professionals in Spain. Through a mixed-method, using a questionnaire completed by 103 participants, and interviews with 15 of them, we focus on their previous formal specific training and their perspective on the group of students they work with. Results show that most of them have rarely been trained on how to work as cultural facilitators for students from the us. This fact often creates a cultural gap and prevents the teachers from fulfilling their role as cultural bridges for students. Specific action needs to be taken in order to solve this lack of preparation in this group of professionals.