LEARNING
ACROSS
CULTURES

A study of Germans visiting America

by

JEANNE WATSON

and

RONALD LIPPITT

 

RESEARCH CENTER FOR GROUP DYNAMICS
INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-ANN ARBOR

1955

Contents

Acknowledgements
List of Tables

PART I
THE RESEARCH SETTING

1. Introduction
2. An Overview of the Study

PART II
IMPACT OF THE GERMAN VISITORS' PROGRAM

3. Sources of Emotional Tension: Defensiveness and Authoritarianism
4. Motivated Learning: Checking on Preconceptions .
5. Motivated Learning: Exploration of Areas of Difference
6. Changes in Attitudes and General Point of View
7. Return to Germany
8. Conclusions

PART III
TRAINING IN GROUP DYNAMICS

9. An Experimental Training Program

PART IV
LEARNING PROBLEMS FOR THE FOREIGN VISITOR

10. Evidences of Difficulty
11. Establishing a Place for Oneself
12. Finding Security and Self Esteem as a National Representative Abroad
13. The Visitors' Ambivalence about Taking Responsibility for the Program
14. Meeting Learning Objectives .
15. Maintaining Relationships with the Home Culture
16. Learning Problems: Summary

PART V
DIRECTIONS OF PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT

17. Some Elements of an Effective Program for Cross-Cultural Students and Visitors .

PART VI
APPENDIX

Appendix 1: Interview Materials

Initial Interview
Additional Questions---Departure Interview.
Additional Questions---Follow-up Interview.
A Sample of the Code

Appendix 2: Sentence Completion Items

Appendix 3: Tables for Part Two


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