Author ORCID Identifier
0000-0002-2108-4501
Abstract
This study examined the intersections of relationships that formed during a short-term, faculty-led study abroad programme in Ireland, and the elements of study abroad culture that allowed and fostered those relationships. We selected evidence-based ethnographic research as our approach to examine the sense of place and community in which relationships formed. We used Tuckman’s theory of group development (Tuckman & Jensen, 1977) as a theoretical framework through which to develop the ethnographic portrait of the students and explore the processes of how relationships developed over a relatively short period of time.
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Recommended Citation
Seeger, Victoria N.; Dimmitt, Elizabeth; and Cline, Keely
(2025)
"From Strangers to Friends? An Ethnographic Study of Developing Group Culture during a Short-Term Faculty-Led Study Abroad Program in Ireland,"
Irish Journal of Academic Practice:
Vol. 13:
Iss.
2, Article 6.
doi:https://doi.org/10.21427/6m7p-tz13
Available at:
https://arrow.tudublin.ie/ijap/vol13/iss2/6
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21427/6m7p-tz13