Interviews with 32 British and Irish supervisors of U.S. student teachers produced several suggestions for improving the preparation component of overseas practicum placements. Suggestions related to planning and preparation for teaching, basic teacher preparation courses, cultural preparation, content, arrangements and logistics, teacher image…

Examines ethical dilemmas encountered during an ethnographic study of how the concept of competence at a Scottish teacher-education institution included the need to prepare future teachers as critical professionals able to handle diversity. The paper discusses negotiations in the fieldwork, constraints imposed upon it, and potential for developing…

Examines data from service-learning projects planned and performed by U.S. student teachers in several English-speaking countries. Students received teaching and service-learning assignments in the various countries. They wrote reports documenting their activities from conception to conclusion. The paper describes the various assignments and…