UF Faculty Department College
Feihong Wang Psychology Department College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Partner Faculty Department Partner Institution
Emmanuelle Awad Department of Psychology and Education Lebanese American University (LAU)
Title:
See, We are Different and Similar!
Project Description:

In this virtual exchange project, we match students from Dr. Wang’s and Dr. Awad’s classes to explore differences and similarities in developmental topics of their mutual interest. Students are connected first via email and then form their own social media groups with 10+ students from Dr. Wang’s class and 2-3 students from Dr. Awad’s class per group. Students start an icebreaking activity first using the provided prompts and then proceed with cultural dialogues on the chosen developmental topics with relevant authentic pictures as illustrations, culminating in a snapshot writing project reflection on cultural similarities and differences in human development.

Learning Outcomes:
  • Gain global self-awareness and perspective taking.
  • Obtain cultural understanding in physical, cognitive and social-emotional aspects of human development.
  • Reflect about different values and beliefs in human development.
  • Reflect about cultural biases and misconceptions relating to human development.
  • Increase curiosity and openness to the complexity of human development in the global world.
  • Increase cultural sensitivity and empathy in the discussion of human development.
  • Enhance cultural discourse mastery.
  • Enhance communication and writing skills.
Participating Countries:
Lebanon
Number of Participants:
300+ UF Students; 23 Lebanese American University (LAU) Students
Discipline:
Psychology
UF Course Code & Name:
DEP3053 - Developmental Psychology
Project Duration:
3 weeks for active virtual exchange/Cultural dialogues + 6 additional week for the VE writing project
Activity Type(s):
Student-to-Student Dialogue
Student-to-Student Project
Time allotted to each activity:
Asynchronous Activities: 1 hours/week
Individual work: 0.5 hours/week
Technology Tools:
Email
WhatsApp application
Google Drive
Sequence of Activities:

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