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Abstract
In this study, we examine the impact of a study abroad experience on a group of students in an educational leadership doctoral programme. The researchers sought to measure the impact this experience had on diversity awareness of six pre-service school leaders. By using a qualitative exit interview and the quantitative Miville-Guzman Universality-Diversity Scale both pre-post to measure diversity awareness and shifts, the researchers were able to explore shifts in perceptions over time. It was found that every student experienced shifts in not only how they viewed diversity but also how they defined diversity.
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Jayson W. Richardson
Jayson W. Richardson is an associate professor in the Department of Educational Leadership Studies at the University of Kentucky and director of the Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE), 111 Dickey Hall, Lexington 40506, MA, USA. Email: [email protected]. He currently teaches educational leadership, emerging technologies, technology leadership, action research and qualitative methods at the graduate level. His research and teaching focus on how digital technologies can be used across the globe to create opportunities for individuals and to increase intercultural understanding between individuals.
Scott Imig
Scott Imig is an associate professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, Educational Leadership, where he directs the EdD Programme in Curriculum and Instruction, Wilmington 28403, NC, USA. Email: [email protected]. His research is centred on teacher education, classroom observation and supervision.
Kevin Flora
Kevin Flora is a doctoral student at the University of Kentucky in Educational Leadership Lexington 40506, MA, USA. Email: [email protected]. His specialties in School Technology Leadership and Informatics have provided a strong foundation for research and application within the field of education.