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Transformative elements of intercultural education for Japanese nursing students

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  • Joan E. Dodgson
  • Michiko Yahiro
  • Carolyn S. Melby
  • Keiko Takeo
  • Takamasa Tanaka
  • Hitoshi Asano

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There has been little research exploring Japanese nursing students' experiences of having Western instructors in their nursing programs. The purpose of the present study was to describe Japanese nursing students' lived experiences of being taught by foreign faculty. A qualitative design using an interpretive phenomenology approach was used with purposeful sampling. Graduate and undergraduate nursing students (n = 13), who had the experience of being taught by a foreign faculty member for at least one semester, were recruited. Six themes emerged that suggested the participants went through an evolutionary process as they worked to understand and make meaning of these intercultural experiences: struggling with uncertainty, working to understand, discovering differences in teaching styles, opening my eyes to the world, thinking differently now, and wanting to know more. The work students must do to understand foreign teachers influences what they are able to learn, and must be taken into consideration by both faculty and students. To fully realize meaningful teaching outcomes within this intercultural context, it is essential that students have sustained exposure to foreign faculty.

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  • Joan E. Dodgson & Michiko Yahiro & Carolyn S. Melby & Keiko Takeo & Takamasa Tanaka & Hitoshi Asano, 2018. "Transformative elements of intercultural education for Japanese nursing students," Nursing & Health Sciences, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 20(3), pages 323-330, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:nuhsci:v:20:y:2018:i:3:p:323-330
    DOI: 10.1111/nhs.12567
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