ERIC Number: EJ1108518
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-4985
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Supervising an International Teaching Practicum: Building Partnerships in Postcolonial Contexts
Major, Jae; Santoro, Ninetta
Oxford Review of Education, v42 n4 p460-474 2016
Teaching practicum experiences, including those in international contexts, are based on partnerships between institutions and host schools, and the partnership between the pre-service teacher, the cooperating teacher and the university supervisor. This article explores the relationship between pre-service teachers and cooperating teachers in an international practicum in the Solomon Islands. It considers the way the cooperating teachers were positioned within the partnership, and raises questions about the way the university engages with host schools and teachers in international contexts, particularly in developing countries. Drawing on postcolonial theory, we investigate the complexity and contradictions in relationships between the pre-service teachers and cooperating teachers. We conclude by offering suggestions for valuing the role of cooperating teachers in these contexts.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Practicum Supervision, Preservice Teachers, Cooperating Teachers, Developing Nations, Study Abroad, Educational History, Land Settlement, Primary Education, Elementary Schools, Semi Structured Interviews, Student Teacher Attitudes, Resistance (Psychology), Power Structure
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Primary Education; Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Solomon Islands
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