This international module focuses on ways to cross borders and bring-down
barriers. The participants are students from
The University of Maine at Machias; The University of
Southern Maine Graduate Counseling program in the USA;
The Hochschule
Mittweida a university of applied sciences in the district of Mittweida,
Saxony, Germany;
The department of social work and social care; Bergen
University College students and faculty from Health and Social Science, Bergen Norway; and
Inholland
University of applied sciences and professional education School of Social Work Alkmaar and Haarlem The Netherlands.
The student and faculty participants cross borders in more than one way:
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By cooperating with
participants from other European countries and the United States on a joint project assignment.
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By receiving support
from native speakers when speaking and writing English.
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By communicating in an
international virtual community.
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By comparing ways to
empower and include social-work and counseling users in different countries.
