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Connect – Intercultural Learning Network • Re-entry training REFLECTING ON OUR STAY ABROAD Photo

Connect – Intercultural Learning Network • Re-entry training REFLECTING ON OUR STAY ABROAD Photo by Open. Clipart-Vectors / licensed CC 0 www. weconnecteurope. eu • www. experience-map. org

Connect – Intercultural Learning Network • Re-entry training Agenda 1. Learning goals 2. Activation:

Connect – Intercultural Learning Network • Re-entry training Agenda 1. Learning goals 2. Activation: Meet & Greet, share your experiences 3. Returning from Erasmus+: A W-Curve Experience? Or a Worm Experience? 4. Reverse cultural shock: share your experiences 5. Strategies for dealing with cultural shock www. weconnecteurope. eu • www. experience-map. org

Connect – Intercultural Learning Network • Re-entry training 1. Learning goals At the end

Connect – Intercultural Learning Network • Re-entry training 1. Learning goals At the end of this unit you will: • … have reflected on your Erasmus+ period abroad and shared your experience of returning from Erasmus+ • … have critically reflected on and assessed some theories on cultural shock • … have thought about and practiced some coping mechanisms for possible cultural shock www. weconnecteurope. eu • www. experience-map. org

Connect – Intercultural Learning Network • Re-entry training 2. Meet & Greet, share your

Connect – Intercultural Learning Network • Re-entry training 2. Meet & Greet, share your experiences Please say something about the following topics/questions: • describe your preconceptions about the people or the culture of your host country before you left – and some examples of situations that made you change your ideas • Present the photo you chose to represent your experiences (online form, activity 3). • Explain to others why you picked the photo. In what way does it stand for your experience abroad? • How does it make you feel now? • Will this image have ongoing significance for you as a symbol for your present life and future plans? www. weconnecteurope. eu • www. experience-map. org

Connect – Intercultural Learning Network • Re-entry training Evaluating experiences and expectations Let’s share

Connect – Intercultural Learning Network • Re-entry training Evaluating experiences and expectations Let’s share experiences, insights and feelings with real time voting! www. weconnecteurope. eu • www. experience-map. org

Connect – Intercultural Learning Network • Re-entry training First question www. weconnecteurope. eu •

Connect – Intercultural Learning Network • Re-entry training First question www. weconnecteurope. eu • www. experience-map. org

Connect – Intercultural Learning Network • Re-entry training Second question (For example: "economic theories"

Connect – Intercultural Learning Network • Re-entry training Second question (For example: "economic theories" or "dealing with ambiguity“) www. weconnecteurope. eu • www. experience-map. org

Connect – Intercultural Learning Network • Re-entry training Third question www. weconnecteurope. eu •

Connect – Intercultural Learning Network • Re-entry training Third question www. weconnecteurope. eu • www. experience-map. org

Connect – Intercultural Learning Network • Re-entry training Fourth question www. weconnecteurope. eu •

Connect – Intercultural Learning Network • Re-entry training Fourth question www. weconnecteurope. eu • www. experience-map. org

Connect – Intercultural Learning Network • Re-entry training Evaluation • How would you interpret

Connect – Intercultural Learning Network • Re-entry training Evaluation • How would you interpret the results of our mini-survey? • To some extent you are now closing a cycle and starting a new one. What are the opportunities and challenges in this situation? Photo by / Bruce Mars licensed CC 0 www. weconnecteurope. eu • www. experience-map. org

Connect – Intercultural Learning Network • Re-entry training What was your Erasmus+ experience like?

Connect – Intercultural Learning Network • Re-entry training What was your Erasmus+ experience like? 1. Which situations, do you think, will stay forever in your memory? 2. What was harder than expected when you were abroad? 3. What was easier than expected? 4. What parts of the preparation before you went away was particularly useful? 5. Looking back – what was missing in the preparation? www. weconnecteurope. eu • www. experience-map. org

Connect – Intercultural Learning Network • Re-entry training What was your Erasmus+ experience like?

Connect – Intercultural Learning Network • Re-entry training What was your Erasmus+ experience like? Discuss your notes in your group and reflect on other people’s forum entries (online module form section 1. 1) Photo by Lewislbonar / licensed CC BY-SA For the online module you went back to your entries in the Experience Map and thought about what you would change if you were to fill it out now. www. weconnecteurope. eu • www. experience-map. org

Connect – Intercultural Learning Network • Re-entry training What was your Erasmus+ experience like?

Connect – Intercultural Learning Network • Re-entry training What was your Erasmus+ experience like? Present your creative work of expressing experiences and emotions, and comment briefly on the others’ work (online module form section 3. 1) Photo by Petr Kratochvil / licensed CC 0 www. weconnecteurope. eu • www. experience-map. org

Connect – Intercultural Learning Network • Re-entry training 3 Returning from Erasmus+ For the

Connect – Intercultural Learning Network • Re-entry training 3 Returning from Erasmus+ For the online module, you were asked to read the following text: https: //www. expatica. com/nl/moving-to/Moving-home-Reverseculture-shock_104957. html Photo by Neilvert Noval / licensed CC BY-ND www. weconnecteurope. eu • www. experience-map. org

Connect – Intercultural Learning Network • Re-entry training Do you have reverse cultural shock?

Connect – Intercultural Learning Network • Re-entry training Do you have reverse cultural shock? Go back to your notes on the repatriation text (online form section 2): • Did you feel any of the repatriation effects described in the text(s) and/or the graphs? • Did you feel you had/have a reverse cultural shock? • What are your thoughts on the comments at the bottom of the page of the text? Do any of the commenters’ experiences remind you of your own? • How would you describe your own situation? www. weconnecteurope. eu • www. experience-map. org

Connect – Intercultural Learning Network • Re-entry training Do you have reverse cultural shock?

Connect – Intercultural Learning Network • Re-entry training Do you have reverse cultural shock? Go to Kahoot. com www. weconnecteurope. eu • www. experience-map. org

Connect – Intercultural Learning Network • Re-entry training Models and approaches to reverse culture

Connect – Intercultural Learning Network • Re-entry training Models and approaches to reverse culture shock Classic approaches hypothesize similar difficulties for returnees and sojourners: • Gullahorn, J. , & Gullahorn, J. E. (1963): ”An extension of the U-curve hypothesis”. Journal of Social Issues, 14, 33 -47. • Pusch, M. D. , & Loewenthal, N. (1988). Helping them home: A guide for leaders of professional integration and reentry workshops. Washington DC, NAFSA. www. weconnecteurope. eu • www. experience-map. org

Connect – Intercultural Learning Network • Re-entry training Returning from Erasmus+: A W-Curve Experience?

Connect – Intercultural Learning Network • Re-entry training Returning from Erasmus+: A W-Curve Experience? 1. John & Jeanne Gullahorns’ Reserve Culture Shock W-Curve By Mandy Lindner on https: //prezi. com/v-uazttao 6 lh/extension-of-the-u-curve-hypothesis/ licensed by prezi (publically viewable) www. weconnecteurope. eu • www. experience-map. org

Connect – Intercultural Learning Network • Re-entry training Returning from Erasmus+: How would you

Connect – Intercultural Learning Network • Re-entry training Returning from Erasmus+: How would you describe your Adaption Curve? 2. Re-entry Adaption Curves, for example … Rieder/Holfter 2018, adapted from Margaret D. Pusch’s Re-entry Worm www. weconnecteurope. eu • www. experience-map. org

Connect – Intercultural Learning Network • Re-entry training 4. Reverse cultural shock: share your

Connect – Intercultural Learning Network • Re-entry training 4. Reverse cultural shock: share your experiences Think about these questions individually, then discuss your thoughts in groups (around 5 -6 members): • Does one of the models accurately describe your current process of re-entry? • Explain which one would you pick and why. • Or: why is neither of them appropriate for your experience? Photo by Geralt / licensed CC 0 www. weconnecteurope. eu • www. experience-map. org

Connect – Intercultural Learning Network • Re-entry training 5. Strategies for dealing with reverse

Connect – Intercultural Learning Network • Re-entry training 5. Strategies for dealing with reverse culture shock Working in the same groups: Photo by Lumaxart / licensed CC BY-SA • Which strategies for dealing with reverse culture shock, and with returning in general, are helping you at the moment? • Prepare a list of dos & don’ts on a flipchart. www. weconnecteurope. eu • www. experience-map. org