LEARNING ABOUT PEOPLE, PLACES AND SPACES OF THE WORLD THROUGH INFORMAL PEDAGOGY: SOCIO-(INTER)CULTURAL CONSTRUCTIONS AND CONNECTIONS TO POPULAR CULTURE

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dc.contributor.authorNguyen, Shelbee R.
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-10T10:18:05Z
dc.date.available2022-06-10T10:18:05Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThis article explores how adult and higher education (AHE) learners utilize popular culture as an informal pedagogical resource when learning about different cultures and preparing for international learning abroad or study abroad. Specifically, this case study research is concerned with what particular sources of popular culture serve as informal pedagogy and how these shape AHE learners’ cultural perceptions about study abroad to a specific international destination. A review of current literature at the intersection of popular culture and study abroad identifies both the need to include adult and higher education learners as well as the ubiquitous nature of learning through popular culture outside the classroom. Popular culture’s function as a source of informal pedagogy and how informal learning relates to AHE learning are synthesized in the literature. The theoretical frame from which this research was undertaken is provided to highlight the innately social process of popular media consumption. The researcher offers methodological considerations about participants, data collection and analysis with findings from two different embedded cases to reveal ways AHE learners use and are influenced by popular culture characters, plot and themes. Additional discussion about cultural understandings and motivations to participate in international education or study is also highlighted throughout the findings. AHE learners’ personal hobbies and interests as well as personal goals play an important role in shaping the type of experience desired. Implications and directions for future research underscore the complex and multifaceted nature of popular culture and media to generate support in this research area for educators, scholars and practitioners in the field of international education. Keywords: Informal learning, Popular Culture, Adult and Higher Education, Study Abroad, Perception, Motivation, International Education, Culture and Language Exchange, Business Education, Multicultural Education, Sociocultural Learningen_US
dc.identifier.citationNguygen, S. (2015). Learning about people, places and spaces of the world through informal pedagogy: Socio-(inter)cultural constructions and connections to popular culture. Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy. 2(1). http://journaldialogue.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/S-Nguyen.pdfen_US
dc.identifier.issn2378-2331
dc.identifier.issn2378-2323
dc.identifier.urihttp://journaldialogue.org/issues/learning-about-people-places-and-spaces-of-the-world-through-informal-pedagogy-socio-intercultural-constructions-and-connections-to-popular-culture/
dc.identifier.urihttp://nur.nu.edu.kz/handle/123456789/6228
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherDialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy;Volume 2, Issue 1 — Traversing Realities: Genres, Histories, and Politics in Popular Culture
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dc.titleLEARNING ABOUT PEOPLE, PLACES AND SPACES OF THE WORLD THROUGH INFORMAL PEDAGOGY: SOCIO-(INTER)CULTURAL CONSTRUCTIONS AND CONNECTIONS TO POPULAR CULTUREen_US
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