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Self-Authoring the Meaning of Student Teaching in China: Impacts on First-Year Teaching Practices

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: This study investigates the impact of student teaching abroad on first-year teaching practices. In addition to the data sources included in previous research, this study includes observations and interviews during participants’ first year of teaching to uncover the meanings each assigned to her student teaching in China. Drawing on intercultural development theories and Holland’s social practice theory of identity, we found that all participants benefited from the experience; however, their backgrounds and teaching contexts differentiated how they translated the experience to shape their beliefs and teaching practices. Thus, teachers may gain more from international experience, as they self-author meaning, if they are guided through reflections tailored to their individual needs and teaching assignments.

Source: Frontiers The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad

DOI: 10.36366/frontiers.v28i1.381

Authors: Hillary Parkhouse, Alison McGlinn Turner, Stephanie Konle, Xue Lan Rong

Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Language: English

Topic: International Student and Expatriate Challenges

Subfield: Communication

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2792155241

FWCI: 0.943

Cites: 51

Cited by: 7

Related to: 10