The Five Stages of Culture Shock by Paul Pedersen

The Five Stages of Culture Shock by Paul Pedersen

The educational literature suggests that international contact contributes to a comprehensive educational experience. The Five Stages of Culture Shock examines an international shipboard educational program and seeks to identify specific insights resulting from informal extracurricular contact between students and host nationals in the context of culture shock experiences. Using the critical incident methodology, Pedersen analyzes students' responses to nearly 300 specific incidents which resulted in insights that apply to the students' own development, as well as the sociocultural context of the host countries. This use of critical incidents shows one way to evaluate and assess the subjective experiences of the informal curriculum. More broadly, the analysis sheds light on the concept of culture shock as a psychological construct.

PAUL PEDERSEN is Professor of Education in the Department of Counseling and Human Services at Syracuse University in New York. He has authored and edited a number of books, including Handbook of Cross-Cultural Counseling and Therapy (Greenwood, 1985) and Culture-Centered Counseling and Interviewing Skills with A. Ivey (Greenwood, 1993).

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ISBN 13	9780313287824
ISBN 10	0313287821
Title	The Five Stages of Culture Shock
Author	Paul Pedersen
Series	International Contributions In Psychology
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Year published	1994-12-12
Number of pages	296
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