ERIC Number: EJ1208281
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 23
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ISSN: EISSN-1934-5267
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Preservice Teachers' Discursive Constructions of Cultural Practices in a Multicultural Telecollaboration
Uzum, Baburhan; Yazan, Bedrettin; Avineri, Netta; Akayoglu, Sedat
International Journal of Multicultural Education, v21 n1 p82-104 2019
The study reports on a telecollaboration exchange between two teacher education classes in the United States and Turkey. In synchronous and asynchronous conversations, preservice teachers (PTs) engaged in social justice issues and made discourse choices that captured culture(s) and communities as diverse or essentialized. These choices were affected by PTs' positionings and impacted how PTs connected to individuals only and/or to broader society. PTs asked questions that created space for critical discussions and facilitated awareness of diversity, yet sometimes led to overgeneralizations. The study has implications for designing telecollaborations that promote language and practices to unpack the issues of social justice.
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Foreign Countries, Multicultural Education, Social Justice, Asynchronous Communication, Synchronous Communication, Intercultural Communication, Cultural Pluralism, Preservice Teacher Education, Cultural Awareness
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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: Turkey; United States
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