4. Career Aspirations and Experiential Learning Abroad: Perspectives from Canadian Youth on Short-Term Placements

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Contributors vii
4. GLOBETROTTING OR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP? Perils and Potential of International Experiential Learning 1
5. 1. International Experiential Learning and Global Citizenship 3
6. 2. Grounding Experiential Learning in “Thick” Conceptions of Global Citizenship 21
7. 3. Critical Hyper-Reflexivity and Challenging Power: Pushing Past the Dichotomy of Employability and Good Global Citizenship in Development Studies Experiential Learning Contexts 43
8. 4. Career Aspirations and Experiential Learning Abroad: Perspectives from Canadian Youth on Short-Term Placements 71
9. 5. Uncovering What Lies Beneath: An Examination of Power, Privilege, and Racialization in International Social Work 90
10. 6. Secondary School Experiential Learning Programs in the Global South: Critical Reflections from an Ontario Study 112
11. 7. Experiential Learning in Challenging Settings: Lessons from Post-Genocide Rwanda 140
12. 8. “Would Flexner Close the Doors on This?” The Ethical Dilemmas of International Health Electives in Medical Education 161
13. 9. Getting Prepared for International Experiential Learning: An Ethical Imperative 185
14. 10. Getting the Most out of Studying Abroad: Ways to Maximize Learning in Short-Term Study Trips 198
15. 11. (De)colonizing Pedagogies: An Exploration of Learning with Students Volunteering Abroad 209
16. 12. Visual Representation and Canadian Government-Funded Volunteer Abroad Programs: Picturing the Canadian Global Citizen 230
17. 13. Youth Volunteer Stories about International Development: Challenges of Public Engagement Campaigns 258
18. 14. Afterword: There Should Be Nothing Experimental about Experiential Learning: From Globetrotting to Global Citizenship 280
19. Index 289