ABSTRACT

Counselor education programs often use cultural immersion as a creative pedagogical approach to foster cultural responsiveness. This form of experiential learning can instill and deepen multicultural and social justice counseling competencies. The purpose of this article is to highlight the potential of a domestic immersion experience as a creative experiential learning intervention by outlining one counselor education program’s experience using a brief cultural immersion trip over the course of three years. The author highlights the importance of using experiential learning to instill cultural responsiveness, describes the cultural immersion trip, and discusses applications for counselor education programs seeking to implement a cultural immersion experience.

摘要

辅导员教育计划通常使用文化沉浸作为一种创造性的教学方法来培养文化反应能力。这种形式的体验式学习可以灌输和加深多元文化和社会正义咨询能力。本文的目的是通过概述一个辅导员教育计划在三年内使用简短的文化沉浸之旅的经验，强调家庭沉浸体验作为一种创造性的体验式学习干预的潜力。作者强调了使用体验式学习来灌输文化响应能力的重要性，描述了文化沉浸之旅，并讨论了寻求实施文化沉浸体验的辅导员教育计划的应用。