ERIC Number: ED496713
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Apr
Pages: 246
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: 1-5788-6579-4
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Intercultural Student Teaching: A Bridge to Global Competence
Cushner, Kenneth, Ed.; Brennan, Sharon, Ed.
Rowman & Littlefield Education
In response to the changing global climate and the growing recognition of the professional associations in the teacher education community, universities around the country are beginning to recognize the need to add a global dimension to their education programs. One way to prepare teachers to address the challenges associated with teaching children in a global age is through carefully structured, international and intercultural field experiences where candidates are immersed in another culture. Since student teaching requires candidates to show they can translate theory into practice over a sustained period of time, it is ideally suited for strengthening candidates' intercultural understanding. "Intercultural Student Teaching" demonstrates examples of these successful programs and provides documented experience from professionals currently engaged in intercultural teaching practice. Readers will learn from the contributor's experiences through carefully crafted chapters that focus on major elements of program implementation and delivery. The contributors report how they have created, organized, and maintained programs in their purview and address program features such as selection, orientation and supervision of participating candidates, interaction with host families and communities, and strategies for enhancing understanding of global and domestic diversity. After a foreword (Craig Kissock), this book contains the following chapters: (1) The Value of Learning to Teach in Another Culture (Kenneth Cushner and Sharon Brennan); (2) Establishing and Maintaining an International Student-Teaching Program (Jennifer Mahon and Gretchen Espinetti); (3) Preparatory Courses for Student-Teaching Abroad (Angen Wilson and Mary Anne Flournoy); (4) The Impact of Overseas Student-Teaching on Personal and Professional Development (Jennifer Mahon and Kenneth Cushner); (5) A World of Possibilities within the United States: Integrating Meaningful Domestic Intercultural Teaching Experiences into Teacher Education (Laura L. Stachowski); (6) Developing Biliteracy Teachers: Moving toward Cultural and Linguistic Global Competence in Teacher Education (Reyes L. Quezada and Christina Alfaro); (7) Promoting Reflection during Overseas Student-Teaching Experiences: One University's Story (Sharon Brennan and Julie Cleary); (8) Working with American Student Teachers: The View of New Zealand Hosts (Neil Andersen); (9) The Power of Curiosity and the Terror of It All: The Life of an Individual Student (Rosalie Romano); and (10) Reflections on the Importance and Value of the Overseas Student-Teaching Experience (Rosalie Romano and Kenneth Cushner).
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Field Experience Programs, Intercultural Programs, Study Abroad, Teacher Education, Global Approach, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Books; Collected Works - General
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Association of Teacher Educators, Reston, VA.
Identifiers - Location: New Zealand; United States
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