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The project has produced a series of reports as a result of workshops, meetings and sub-project activities.  Summaries of the reports can be found below, with links to downloadable versions.  

The reports are not listed chronologically - the first six listings are the reports of the sub-projects, which contain materials and references which relate directly to the outcomes of the project . 

Sub-project reports:

These are followed by:

 

Sub-project Reports:

1.  Raising Intercultural Awareness in preparation for periods of residence abroad

Report of a sub-project undertaken by the University of Central Lancashire and St Martin's College, Lancaster.

  • Principles of Intercultural Preparation
  • Concepts of Culture and Intercultural Awareness
  • The Aims and Objectives of Intercultural Awareness Raising (IAR) in Preparation for the PRA
  • Patterns of Current Practice in IAR in UK HE institutions
  • Selected examples of good practice
  • Bibliography
Download report as an RTF file, approx. 210K

See also  Preparation Courses


2.  Acquiring Intercultural Awareness within the context of the period of residence abroad

Report of a sub-project undertaken by the University of Central Lancashire, to design a module to develop intercultural competence at the stages of preparing, experiencing and returning from the period of residence abroad. 

  • Module Rationale
  • Factors influencing the design of the module
  • Tutorial Support
  • Aims and Objectives
  • Expected Learning Outcomes
  • Teaching and Learning Strategies
  • Assessment Strategy
  • Syllabus Structure
  • Syllabus Content
  • Assessment criteria and auto-evaluation sheet for portfolio
  • Bibliography
Download report as an RTF file, approx. 105K

 

3. Diaries as Learner Support during the Year Abroad

Report of a sub-project by the University of Sheffield

  • Diaries in Higher Education
  • Survey
  • New Diary Formats
  • Electronic Mailing List
  • Bibliography
  • Institutions contacted & respondents
  • Questionnaire & detailed answers
  • Sheffield Year Abroad Diary
  • Examples of diaries received from other institutions

Download report without appendices as an RTF file (approx 90K).

 

4. Towards an understanding of 'otherness'

Report of a sub-project examining Student-teachers' perceptions of a European Teacher project; the Homerton College Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) and the Maîtrise: Français Langue Étrangère.  

 

5. The Year Abroad Mailing List

Reports on 18 months' experience by the Sheffield team of establishing, running and maintaining a Year Abroad electronic mailing list.  The report covers:

  • Introduction
  • Uses and Benefits
  • Analysis
  • Examples
  • Technical Set-Up
  • Summary

Download report as a Word file (127K)

 

6. Integration of the Period of Residence Abroad and De-Briefing

Provides links to examples of good practice in integrating the period of residence abroad into the curriculum and offers some suggestions on integration and de-briefing methods and techniques.

Download report as an RTF file, approx. 435K

See also Outcomes

 

 

RAM Workshops Report, April/May 1998
Student Residence Abroad: Preparation, Support and Guidance

Report of a series of joint workshops run by the RAM group (Residence Abroad Matters) 

  • Introduction
  • Project Summaries
  • RAM Workshop; Issues and topics for discussion
  • Theme A: Objectives and Curriculum Design
  • Theme B: Assessment and Accreditation
  • Theme C: Types of Residence Abroad
  • Theme D: Intercultural Issues
  • Theme E: Language and Academic Integration
  • Project Teams
  • List of participants

Download the report as an RTF file (about 300K).

 

 

 

RAM Workshops Report, March/May 2000
Student Residence Abroad: Preparation, Support and Guidance

Report of a series of joint workshops run by the RAM group (Residence Abroad Matters) 

  • Introduction
  • Structural, Quality and Resource Issues
    Woburn House, London, 31 March 2000
I Quality assessment and outcomes
II Preparation
III Support and monitoring
IV Government support and funding issues
V Curriculum integration
VI Assessment and accreditation
VII Staff training and development
  • Regional Workshops
    Student Residence Abroad -- What Next?
I Quality issues
II Preparation
III Support and guidance
IV Curriculum integration
V Assessssment and accreditation
  • Attendance and contact lists

Download the report as an RTF file (about 880K).

 

Progress Report, Year 1 (Sept 97 - Aug 98)

The full report of the Project's activities during its first year.

  • Introduction
  • Expenditure statement
  • Detailed list of activities undertaken
  • Minutes of Consortial and Advisory Group meetings
  • Statistics of data collected
  • Copies of instruments and guidelines for data collection
  • Notes and materials from internal presentations assessing the data collected so far
  • Notes and materials from a research workshop, Lancaster  9/10 February 1998
  • Notes and materials from a research workshop, Sheffield 28 February 1998
  • Copies of press cuttings and publicity leaflets 

 

Workshop Report, 26th February 1999
Analysing cross-cultural encounter and developing intercultural competence

A joint workshop run by the Interculture Project and the LARA Project as members of the RAM group to compare the work of the two projects on Intercultural Awareness Raising, including presentations by members of the Interculture Project on work to date and a joint presentation by Celia Roberts and Shirley Jordan about their work on a LARA sub-project developing a module using an ethnographic approach to preparing and supporting students during the PRA.

Download this report as an RTF file (approx. 248K)

 

Progress Symposium, 4th May 1999

Report and associated materials from a meeting of the Consortial members of the project giving details of progress by the main project team and the sub-project teams  to date.

  • Lancaster Project Team report
  • Intercultural Activities Working Party  (University of Central Lancashire; St Martin's College, Lancaster)
  • Diaries as Learner Support during the Year Abroad (University of Sheffield)
  • Student-teachers' perceptions of a European Teacher project: the PGCE  and Maîtrise: Français Langue Etrangère (Homerton College, Cambridge)

Download minutes as an RTF file (approx 140K)

 

Progress Report, Year 2 (Sept 98 - Aug 99)

The full report of the Project's activities during its first year.

  • Introduction
  • Expenditure statement
  • Detailed list of activities undertaken
  • Minutes of Consortial and Advisory Group meetings
  • Minutes of meetings of the FDTL Co-ordinating Group for Languages and the RAM group
  • Programme of work July-Sept 1998
  • Reports on preliminary analyses of data collected
  • Development of a taxonomy for data analysis and the use of QSR NUD*IST
  • Agreements and reports of sub-projects to undertaken by partner institutions
  • Materials used in Preparation Course at Lancaster University
  • Statistics of data collected to date and associated administration 
  • Copies of consent form, protocol for use of data
  • Materials from conference papers or presentations given by project members
  • Copies of press cuttings and publicity leaflets 

 

Evaluation Report
 Murray Saunders, July 2000

An evaluation report commenting on the project's activities.  The focus for this strand of the evaluation is on what was experienced as a process by project participants rather than on the substantive content or quality of the project products.  The report explores the following issues:

  • project management style, effectiveness and appropriateness
  • partnership and inter-team relationships
  • expectations and uses which have been prompted by project participation
  • successes and difficulties in project participation

The report can be downloaded as an RTF file, approx 85K

 

 

Evaluation Report
 Mike Byram, August 2000

An evaluation report commenting on those products of the Project which are offered to students and their tutors involved in a period of residence abroad, in order to help them prepare for, profit from and reflect upon residence abroad as a cultural/intercultural experience. It therefore focuses on the outcomes of the Project as presented on the website, with some attention to other elements of the website, which in itself is a product of the Project.

At the end of the report there is an appendix of the project team's response to some of the detailed comments in this report.

The report comments on:

  • Approach to the evaluation
  • Learning activities
  • SARA learning activities
  • STEFE learning activities
  • Other resources
  • New ideas
  • Module: Acquiring Intercultural Competence
  • Taxonomy
  • Bibliography
  • Quizzes
  • Diaries
  • Preparation courses
  • Intercultural incidents
  • Card gallery
  • Focus groups and interviews
  • The website
  • Sub-project reports
  • Conclusions

The report can be downloaded as an RTF file, approx 60K

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