Creating Globally Minded Leaders in Agriculture: How Do We Do It?
[Thesis]
Holder, Maddison Laine
Anderson, ll, James C
University of Georgia
2020
91 p.
M.A.E.
University of Georgia
2020
Agricultural students are not currently equipped to lead across multiple identities and cultures, yet the industry is facing some of the most trivial, interconnected problems across the globe. In an effort to better prepare agricultural students to lead on a global platform, this study will use Brown's (2004) Processing Value Judgments Model to determine if and how students are critically reflecting on new information. Through blogging on minority identities, students were encouraged to seek out new information about a population they did not fully understand in an attempt to promote a more multicultural mindset. In a second study, students participating in a cultural immersion experience in Morocco were interviewed before and after their long-term study abroad to determine if their pre-departure orientation affected their experience. Results indicated that critical reflection played a major role in the promotion of cultural plurality, as well as how students experienced a new culture abroad.