The Global Classroom: An Essential Guide to Study Abroad (Second Edition) is a unique international studies text that provides students and practitioners with valuable resources for success in education abroad.
The Global Classroom: An Essential Guide to Study Abroad (Second Edition) is a unique international studies text that provides students and practitioners with valuable resources for success in education abroad.
The Global Classroom addresses the challenges and opportunities of study abroad by offering an academic model that provides valuable context for processing the student experience at every step of the way. Not only does it address different ways that study abroad has been re-envisioned and strengthened in the post-pandemic world, it is also intentional in its design to speak to a variety of contemporary issues and concerns. The book will address diverse audiences, including appealing to historically marginalized groups about the value of study abroad, and addressing the rights of LGBTQIA+ individuals at home and abroad. It explores how social media has changed how we navigate ‘distance’ in education abroad, and a new section offers resources for mental health at home and abroad. Critically, to book also speaks to practitioners, reflecting on changing dimensions of education abroad in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and providing them tools to better link student preparation with considerations like safety, risk management, and response.
In summary, this book is designed to provide students, study abroad professionals, and class instructors with an academic, up-to-date, core text for pre-departure orientation programs.
1 Getting Started: Why Study Abroad? 2 How to Choose the Right Program
for You 3 Almost There: Preparing to Study Abroad 4 Succeeding Abroad:
Getting the Most out of Your Experience 5 Study Abroad Is for Everyone! 6
Returning Home and Reorientation 7 Your Future: Continuing the Educational
Journey
Jeffrey S. Lantis is Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Department of Political Science at The College of Wooster in Ohio. He has extensive international study and travel experience, having served as a J. William Fulbright Senior Scholar for research in Australia as a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University and the University of New South Wales.
Leigh A. Poole serves as Assistant Provost for Student Success, Assistant Professor, and Executive Director for the International Center at Winthrop University in South Carolina. Honored three times as a J. William Fulbright Scholar, she has studied higher education in Germany, South Korea, and France. She has extensive experience leading international and academic administrative units within multiple institutional types. She has created academic courses in support of first generation and underrepresented students studying abroad, leadership studies, as well as international and global studies.
