scholarly journals International Student Teaching: A Multi-case Study about the Intercultural Competence of Pre-service Teachers

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Liebtag
Keyword(s):  
Student Teaching ◽  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
International Student ◽  
International Student Teaching

Transformation and Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Teacher Candidates in an International Student Teaching Program

2021 ◽  
pp. 154134462110285
Author(s):  
Kelley M. King ◽  
Kathryn V. Dixon ◽  
Ricardo González-Carriedo ◽  
Lisbeth Dixon-Krauss
Keyword(s):  
Student Teaching ◽  
Transformational Learning ◽  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
International Student ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cross Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Cultural Adaptability ◽  
The Cross ◽  
International Student Teaching

This case study addressed effects of international student teaching on U.S. teacher candidates’ cross-cultural adaptability and perspectives on language, culture, and schooling. Interviews and the Cross-Cultural Adaptability Inventory were collected from 18 participants before and after 4 weeks student teaching internationally. Interviews were coded using the Cross-Cultural Adaptability Inventory dimensions and interpreted using Mezirow’s transformational learning theory. Findings suggested that increased cross-cultural adaptation aligns with transformational learning. Transformational learning led participants to question assumptions and consider incorporating different perspectives in future teaching.

Cosmopolitanism in a World of Teachers

2017 ◽  
pp. 232-248
Author(s):  
John K. Lee ◽  
Ivonne Chirino-Klevans
Keyword(s):  
Student Teachers ◽  
Student Teaching ◽  
Critical Incident ◽  
International Student ◽  
Critical Incidents ◽  
School Context ◽  
Intercultural Competency ◽  
Intercultural Competencies ◽  
Chinese School ◽  
International Student Teaching

Cosmopolitanism, an emerging educational context in the last decade, has come to mean many things. Three constructs—cosmopolitanism as experience; cosmopolitanism as multiculturalism; and cosmopolitanism as intercultural competency—provide ways to conceptualize American student teachers in a Chinese school context. In this chapter, a collection of critical incidents is presented to illuminate these constructs in the ways they support and extend the researchers' efforts to use technology to support an international student teaching program in China. Critical incidents describe an event or experience, something planned, if successful or not, or events that are coincidental in nature. Each critical incident is situational and serves as a snapshot to enable discussion and consideration of related issues leading to action. The critical incidents in this chapter show the ways that teachers used technology to deepen their intercultural competencies through the lens of cosmopolitanism while taking into account similarities and differences in the partners' approaches to effective education.

The Implementation and Analysis of an International Student Teaching Program

2017 ◽  
pp. 168-188
Author(s):  
Kathryn Dixon ◽  
Ricardo Gonzalez-Carriedo ◽  
Lisbeth Dixon-Krauss
Keyword(s):  
Transformative Learning ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Student Teaching ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
International Student ◽  
North Texas ◽  
University Of North Texas ◽  
Exchange Program ◽  
International Student Teaching ◽  
The University

This chapter provides an account of an international student teaching exchange program between the University of North Texas (UNT) and the University of Seville (UdeS) from inception to implementation. The first section of the chapter offers a rationale for the program including a review of research related to international exchanges specific to educator preparation. Section two includes a discussion of program establishment, a description of initial contacts between the universities and steps taken to form legal agreements binding the institutions to the program. Logistical aspects of the program are detailed, including agreements with local school districts. The final section synthesizes the research conducted at UNT using Mezirow's (1991) transformative learning theory to study the effects of the program on its students. Three years of data have shown a clear pattern in regard to the personal and professional growth student teachers experience as a result of their participation in the program.

scholarly journals Translanguaging in International Student Teaching: Narratives of Filipino Teachers in an Indonesian Setting

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 275-284
Author(s):  
Willy Prasetya
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Student Teaching ◽  
International Student ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Exchange Program ◽  
International Student Teaching ◽  
Teacher Exchange ◽  
Pre Service Teacher ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Filipino Teachers

Regardless of numerous studies on translanguaging, little attention has been given to its practice among pre-service teachers, particularly in the ASEAN context. To fill this gap, this article explores the experiences of three pre-service English teachers from the Philippines who were assigned to a private elementary school in Indonesia as part of a pre-service teacher exchange program. Working in a context that did not share a similar first or second language, the three teachers used English, their second language, as a lingua franca in communicating with the students. Drawing upon data from their teaching diaries, class observation, and in-depth interviews, this article reveals that using English in the classroom was challenging because English was neither the first nor the second language of their students. Three narratives from the teachers are recounted to shed some light on their use of translanguaging to bridge the communication gap. The implication of the study is also discussed.

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