ERIC Number: EJ1091647
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 14
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Pre-Service Teachers' Cultural and Teaching Experiences Abroad
Ateskan, Armagan
Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, v42 n2 p135-148 2016
This study investigates Turkish pre-service teachers' experiences related to a two-month international teaching and cultural experience in the United States of America. In total, 289 graduate students from Turkey participated in a collaborative project from 2001 to 2010. The experience included an orientation week, six weeks of student teaching in a high school, seminars and projects at Iowa State University and cultural visits. The data were collected through a pre-service teacher questionnaire and their reflective journals. The results showed that pre-service teachers perceived the international teaching experience helped them develop professionally and personally. Through cross-cultural exchanges with their mentors along with other students and their community, the pre-service teachers expanded their knowledge of a new culture and adapted to a new working environment.
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Nationals, Study Abroad, Teaching Experience, Cultural Awareness, Multicultural Education, Student Teaching, High Schools, Professional Development, Questionnaires, Journal Writing, Reflection, Adjustment (to Environment), Mixed Methods Research, Intercultural Communication, Interpersonal Competence, World Views, Attitude Change, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Iowa; Turkey
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