Open AccessRole of Emotional Entropy and Ethnocentric Paradigms in International Service-Learning
Author(s) -
Christine M. Cress,
Thomas Van Cleave
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
comparative and international higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2151-0407
pISSN - 2151-0393
DOI - 10.32674/jcihe.v12iwinter.1554
Subject(s) - ethnocentrism , cognitive dissonance , salient , service learning , ignorance , psychology , cultural competence , social psychology , sociology , pedagogy , epistemology , computer science , artificial intelligence , philosophy
Transformational learning in international service-learning experiences can by stymied by cultural ignorance and culture shock. Cognitive dissonance and emotional entropy are especially salient in American student encounters in India. Based upon three program years of data a pedagogical model for dismantling ethnocentric paradigms supports students’ development of culturally-contextualized global agency development.