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Traversing the Threshold in Child and Youth Care Education: A Qualitative Inquiry into the Meaning-Making Experience of Student Participants in an International Study Tour

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  • Gerard Bellefeuille

    (PhD, Professor, Department of Child and Youth Care, MacEwan University, Alberta, Canada)

  • Kerry Heaney Dalton

    (BA, CCYC, Faculty, Department of Child and Youth Care, MacEwan University, Alberta Canada)

  • Stephen Neuman

    (BCYC, MA candidate, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada)

  • Asma Ammouneh

    (Fourth-Year Student, BCYC MacEwan University, Alberta, Canada)

  • Cassie Anthony

    (Fourth-Year Student, BCYC MacEwan University, Alberta, Canada)

  • Maya Bautista

    (Fourth-Year Student, BCYC MacEwan University, Alberta, Canada)

  • Gabrielle Benzon

    (Fourth-Year Student, BCYC MacEwan University, Alberta, Canada)

  • Jack Deol

    (Fourth-Year Student, BCYC MacEwan University, Alberta, Canada)

  • Lori Smith

    (Fourth-Year Student, BCYC MacEwan University, Alberta, Canada)

  • Kelly-Ann Reid

    (Fourth-Year Student, BCYC MacEwan University, Alberta, Canada)

  • Sarah Thang

    (Fourth-Year Student, BCYC MacEwan University, Alberta, Canada)

Abstract

This qualitative, relational-centred inquiry explores the learning experiences of a group of twenty Child and Youth Care (CYC) students who completed a twelve-day international study tour through parts of Ireland and Scotland. The international study tour offers experience-based learning opportunities for CYC students to see first-hand Irish and Scottish history, culture, and social care systems. Through this inquiry the student participants communicated and interpreted the meaning of their study tour experience. The data analysis revealed five thematic categories organized around five guiding research questions, the results of which are described below.

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  • Gerard Bellefeuille & Kerry Heaney Dalton & Stephen Neuman & Asma Ammouneh & Cassie Anthony & Maya Bautista & Gabrielle Benzon & Jack Deol & Lori Smith & Kelly-Ann Reid & Sarah Thang, 2017. "Traversing the Threshold in Child and Youth Care Education: A Qualitative Inquiry into the Meaning-Making Experience of Student Participants in an International Study Tour," Research Journal of Education, Academic Research Publishing Group, vol. 3(2), pages 12-22, 02-2017.
    • Handle: RePEc:arp:rjearp:2017:p:12-22
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    1. Bellefeuille, Gerard & Ricks, Frances, 2010. "Relational inquiry: A child and youth care approach to research," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 32(10), pages 1235-1241, October.
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