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Direct linkJacobs, Jennifer; Haberlin, Steve – Action in Teacher Education, 2022
Within the teacher education literature, international teaching experiences are lauded as opportunities for teacher candidates to develop multiple perspectives and cultural awareness. The purpose of this study was to understand the experience of 12 teacher candidates who engaged in an international teaching experience in Costa Rica. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Transformative Learning, Preservice Teachers, Teaching Experience
Burgard, Karen L. B.; Boucher, Michael L., Jr.; Johnston, Kathryn L. – Action in Teacher Education, 2018
This qualitative case study investigated the changes in mental models of a group of White, rural and suburban, teacher candidates in a rural midwestern college and their increased capacity to understand race and culture after their short-term practicum experience in Guatemala City. The study used individual written reflections, whole-group…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Capacity Building, Schemata (Cognition), Overseas Employment
Mathews, Sarah A. – Action in Teacher Education, 2017
Colleges and universities incorporate international, student-teaching programs as a way to help prepare globally minded prospective teachers. This article adds to this conversation, offering insight from a multicase study analysis of three educators conducted 5 years after their experience student teaching in Kenya, East Africa. The researcher…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Student Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Teaching Experience
Dunn, Alyssa Hadley; Dotson, Erica K.; Cross, Stephanie Behm; Kesner, John; Lundahl, Bo – Action in Teacher Education, 2014
This comparative case study analyzes two study abroad experiences for preservice teachers--a 4-month student teaching placement in Sweden and a 3-week intensive intercultural course with school observations in France. Although they differed in duration and structure, both programs focused on developing preservice teachers' understandings of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Study Abroad, Case Studies
Kozina, Ekaterina – Action in Teacher Education, 2013
This article discusses the findings of a large scale mixed-methods study (2006-2010) conducted on a variety of early professional experiences of beginning primary teachers in the Republic of Ireland.
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Beginning Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Foreign Countries
Sunal, Cynthia Szymanski; Christensen, Lois McFadyen; Shwery, Craig S.; Lovorn, Michael; Sunal, Dennis W. – Action in Teacher Education, 2010
Online discussions enabled preK-12 teachers (n = 125) from five nations (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, and the United States) to share their perspectives of culture and citizenship and the intersections of those concepts. Discussion moved between elements of personal and others' theory into effects of theory on practice. Teachers identified…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Definitions, Foreign Countries, Social Studies
Gilson, Timothy W.; Martin, Leigh C. – Action in Teacher Education, 2009
Based on a conceptual framework explaining the characteristics and learned traits gained from student teaching abroad, this study sought to identify common perceptions from hiring school administrators in the state of Iowa. A common question asked by teacher candidates is "Does my experience abroad help me acquire a teaching position?"…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Teaching Experience, Foreign Countries, Principals
Peer reviewedRalph, Edwin G. – Action in Teacher Education, 1994
Retired Canadian educators' gave advice to beginning teachers and offered specific suggestions to a university regarding enhancement of its preservice program. The educators stressed the importance of teachers mastering a basic set of generic skills for classroom management and instructional dimensions of teaching, emphasizing the importance of…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education
