Aldrich Rebecca M, Grajo Lenin C
Rebecca M. Aldrich, PhD, OTR/L, is Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO;
Lenin C. Grajo, PhD, OTR/L, is Assistant Professor, Programs in Occupational Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY;
Am J Occup Ther. 2017 Sep/Oct;71(5):7105230020p1-7105230020p10. doi: 10.5014/ajot.2017.026724.
Online technologies facilitate connections between students around the world, but their impact on occupational science and occupational therapy students' critical consciousness about culture is underexplored. In this article we present research on five groups of occupational science and occupational therapy students across two cohorts at one Midwestern university. We used a pretest-posttest group design and the Multicultural Experiences Questionnaire to investigate the potential influence of students' exposure to international educational interactions on their multicultural experiences and desires. Of 157 students surveyed, those who experienced the greatest number of international educational interactions demonstrated statistically significant increases in their desire to become acquainted with other people of different backgrounds and to explore their own prejudices and biases. Given the transformative potential of international educational interactions, future research must assess the ways in which such interactions affect critical cultural consciousness apart from other educational content and design.
在线技术促进了世界各地学生之间的联系，但它们对职业科学和职业治疗专业学生的文化批判意识的影响尚未得到充分探索。在本文中，我们展示了对一所中西部大学两个队列的五组职业科学和职业治疗专业学生的研究。我们采用了前测-后测组设计，并使用了多元文化经历问卷来调查学生接触国际教育互动对其多元文化经历和愿望的潜在影响。在接受调查的157名学生中，经历国际教育互动次数最多的学生表现出，他们渴望结识不同背景的其他人并探索自己的偏见和成见，这在统计学上有显著增加。鉴于国际教育互动的变革潜力，未来的研究必须评估此类互动在不同于其他教育内容和设计的情况下，是如何影响批判性文化意识的。
