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Have you ever heard someone say, “I immersed myself in a hot bath to clear my mind” or, “I immersed myself in a good book to escape the worries of my world?” Have you wondered how babies learn to speak or how you would go about learning a foreign language? It’s not hard to imagine what it means to immerse yourself in a community, in so doing, you’re halfway there! By surrounding yourself with locals, you learn to feel safe and take risks.
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Howard, M., Elliott, E. (2017). Immersion. In: Smith, K., Loughran, J. (eds) Quality Learning. Professional Learning. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-914-0_6
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