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Peng, Suhao; Kantelinen, Ritva; Räihä, Pekka – ECNU Review of Education, 2023
Purpose: This paper aims to examine the participation experiences of a sample of Chinese teacher trainees and their Finnish teacher trainer on an in-service teacher training program exported from Finland to Beijing, China. Design/Approach/Methods: Six science teachers from Beijing and their Finnish teacher trainer participated in semi-structured…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inservice Teacher Education, Science Teachers, Teacher Educators
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Ding, Feng; Yuan, Rui Eric; Curtis, Fiona – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2022
Academic visitor programs aim to enhance university teachers' teaching and research capacity and intercultural competence. Its impact, however, has remained under-researched. Using the data collected from two rounds of in-depth interviews with 13 Chinese university English teachers over a year and a half, this study explored their experiences as…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty Development, Cultural Awareness, English (Second Language)
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Doppen, Frans H.; Wentworth, Laura F. – Journal of International Social Studies, 2020
While the research literature is replete with studies on student perspectives and their development of cross-cultural sensitivity, research on the perspectives of educators who host international preservice teachers is woefully lacking. This study seeks to fill that gap by assessing the experiences of 15 educators at an elementary host school in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Awareness, Student Attitudes, Preservice Teachers
Kovacs, Stephen Z. – 1997
This dissertation reports on faculty from the Virginia Community College System who had engaged in academic activities abroad within the last five years. Eighty-seven faculty members completed a three-page written survey that included demographic, attitudinal, and open-ended questions about their experiences abroad. Interviews were also conducted.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries, International Education
Bishop, Charles C. – 1997
In spring 1991, a teacher exchange/mentor program was developed between Kansas' Johnson County Community College (JCCC) and the University of Kansas to attract young educators to community college teaching careers, give educators firsthand experience teaching at a community college while being mentored by a seasoned JCCC faculty member, and…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Community Colleges, Faculty Development, Higher Education
Knight, Jane – 1995
This report presents findings of a 1993 survey of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada members covering international educational activities at Canadian universities. The study was designed to identify and describe the administrative rationales and priorities attributed to internationalization, organizational factors related to…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrative Policy, Canadian Studies, Colleges