CUTTING Miki    Department   Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University  Education Development and Learning Support Center    Position   Professor
Language	Japanese
Publication Date	2015/03
Type	Research paper (Academic/Professional Journal)
Peer Review	Peer reviewed
Title	Application of "Significant Learning" Theory in a Short-Term Study Abroad Program: Categorization of Learning Outcomes in Study Abroad and a New Approach to Learner-Centered Educational Design
Contribution Type	Single Work
Journal	Intercultural Education
Volume, Issue, Page	pp.111-126
Details	Vande Berg et al. (2012) argue that what makes a study abroad program successful is to identify learning outcomes and design the program in a way that participants can attain these results. However, learning outcomes in overseas education are diverse and therefore not yet systematically organized. Looking at this issue, this paper aims to categorize learning outcomes of a short-term study abroad program by employing the categorization of the “Significant Learning” theory by Fink (2013). Also the implementation of Fink’s course design in which “Significant Learning” can be achieved is introduced. Additionally, a suggestion is made for a new approach to learner-centered educational design by reconstructing Fink’s course design. The learning outcomes employed for categorization in this paper are the data of the student-perceived learning which are elicited from learning reflections recorded in e-portfolios of the students during their two-month study abroad program.
DOI	https://doi.org/10.34347/iesj.41.0_111
ISSN	0914-6970
URL for researchmap	https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/iesj/41/0/41_111/_article/-char/ja/