Enhancing Multicultural Awareness: Understanding the Effect of Community Immersion Assignments in an Online Counseling Skills Course

Autor/in	Couture, Valerie G.
Titel	Enhancing Multicultural Awareness: Understanding the Effect of Community Immersion Assignments in an Online Counseling Skills Course
Quelle	In: International Journal of Higher Education, 10 (2021) 5, S.201-212 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1927-6044
Schlagwörter	Cultural Awareness; Online Courses; Counselor Training; Counseling Techniques; Experiential Learning; Social Bias; Comparative Analysis; Teaching Methods; Empathy; Counselor Client Relationship; Student Attitudes; Learning Theories; Advocacy; Anxiety; Minority Groups; Graduate Students; Masters Programs + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Online course; Online-Kurs; Counseling technique; Counselling technique; Counselling techniques; Beratungsmethode; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Empathie; Schülerverhalten; Learning theory; Lerntheorie; Sozialanwaltschaft; Angst; Ethnische Minderheit; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Magister course; Magisterstudiengang
Abstract	Counselor education programs provide counselors-in-training (CITs) with courses focused on counseling skill development to increase the CITs' interpersonal counseling abilities and increase multicultural awareness. The research study presents findings from the author's exploration of online students' experiences in an experiential community immersion assignment. For analysis, the data was divided into three timeframes: (a) pre-experience, (b) active-experience, and (c) post-experience. In the pre-experience timeframe two themes emerged: (a) overwhelming nervousness and (b) judgmental thoughts. In the active-experience timeframe two themes emerged: (a) welcoming environment and (b) normalization of the minority population. During the post-experience reflections three common themes emerged: (a) similarities between groups, (b) motivation to create relationships, and (c) increased empathy. The study concluded the participants reported an overall increase in multicultural awareness through their community immersion experiences. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01