"Tracing the Experience: From Inquiry to Integration"

                                         Eighth Annual Conference
                                              March 21-23, 2012
                                                     Denver, CO

 

The Forum on Education Abroad's 8th Annual Forum Conference will be held at the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel in Denver, CO, March 21-23, 2012.

 

The conference theme, “Tracing the Experience: From Inquiry to Integration,” focuses on the transformational nature of education abroad by exploring the education abroad experience as a whole, from the first spark of interest to the incorporation of the experience later in a student’s life.

Session and workshop proposals should address the ways in which the pedagogy, program models, co-curricular programming, and support structures of education abroad affect student learning and development. The learning process begins at a student's initial inquiry, which calls for self-reflection and setting goals. Choosing an education abroad program provides an opportunity for a student to learn how to assess a multitude of variables, to make educated choices, and even to take calculated risks. The program models we develop and the pedagogical methods we employ directly impact the depth of students’ engagement with the host culture and society. Returning to the home campus brings students the opportunity to integrate the knowledge gained abroad into their studies, to think critically about their experience and, ideally, to process it in such a way that they recognize and can articulate the transformational learning that has taken place. 

 

Please visit the links below for more conference details. 

 

The Forum would like to thank the following colleagues for their time and commitment serving on the conference committee:

 

Kim Kreutzer, University of Colorado Boulder, Chair

Luc Beaudoin, University of Denver

Kara A. Bingham, Colgate University

Heather Browne, Colorado College

Timothy Carlson, French Field Study and Internship Programs (IFE Paris)

Bill Clabby, International Studies Abroad (ISA)

Lucia Conte, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Irene Gawel, GlobaLinks Learning Abroad

Karyn Jones, Yale University (Past Chair)

Peter R. Kerrigan, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Kristen Mallory, Claremont McKenna College

Paul J McVeigh, Northern Virginia Community College 

Christopher Powers, Institute of International Education (IIE)

Bradley Rink, Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE)

John Sunnygard, University of Colorado, Denver

Leo Van Cleve, California State University System

Margaret Wiedenhoeft, Kalamazoo College

 

Quick Links: Information for the 2012 Annual Conference

 

 

 

 

"This was the most substantive, participatory professional
conference I've attended ...I enjoyed what you put together - good job!"
  ~ Conference participant, Charlotte 2010