The Five Stages of Culture Shock - Critical Incidents Around the World

The educational literature suggests that international contact contributes to a comprehensive educational experience. The Five Stages of Culture Shock examines an international shipboard educational program and seeks to identify specific insights resulting from informal extracurricular contact between students and host nationals in the context of culture shock experiences. Using the critical incident methodology, Pedersen analyzes students' responses to nearly 300 specific incidents which resulted in insights that apply to the students' own development, as well as the sociocultural context of the host countries. This use of critical incidents shows one way to evaluate and assess the subjective experiences of the informal curriculum. More broadly, the analysis sheds light on the concept of culture shock as a psychological construct.

List of contents

Preface
Experiencing Culture Shock
Critical Incidents Around the World
The Honeymoon Stage
The Disintegration Stage
The Reintegration Stage
The Autonomy Stage
The Interdependence Stage
References

About the author

PAUL PEDERSEN is Professor of Education and Chairman of Counseling and Guidance at Syracuse University.

Summary

The Five Stages of Culture Shock examines an international shipboard educational program and seeks to identify specific insights resulting from informal extracurricular contact between students and host nationals in the context of culture shock experiences.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Pedersen, Paul B. Pedersen, Pedersen Paul
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780313287824
• ISBN: 978-0-313-28782-4
• No. of pages: 296
• Weight: 567 g
• Series: Contributions in Psychology,; Contributions in Psychology; International Contributions in Psychology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Cultural Studies, Psychology, EDUCATION / Educational Psychology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, EDUCATION / Learning Styles, Educational psychology