ERIC Number: EJ1149299
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 11
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ISSN: EISSN-2327-3585
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Crossing the Bridge to Swaziland: Results of a Transformative Field Experience
Pierson, Susan Jacques
Journal of International Social Studies, v5 n1 p174-184 2015
Crossing the Bridge to Swaziland presents the story of five pre-service teachers and their faculty mentors who traveled to St. Philip's Mission, Swaziland in January 2014. There they worked collaboratively with Swazi teachers and staff running a week long camp with a business basics and motivational theme, for teenaged orphans and vulnerable children. The cultural immersion and teaching experience in Swaziland had a profound effect on students' confidence and competence working with English Language Learners, their faith in the power of cross-cultural relationships and their conviction that they can make a difference in the lives of their students.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Study Abroad, Transformative Learning, Field Experience Programs, Immersion Programs, Teaching Experience, Field Instruction, Cultural Awareness, Reflective Teaching, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Swaziland
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