Internationalizing Teacher Education: What Can Be Done? A Research Report on the Undergraduate Training of Secondary School Teachers.

Autor/in	Schneider, Ann Imlah
Titel	Internationalizing Teacher Education: What Can Be Done? A Research Report on the Undergraduate Training of Secondary School Teachers.
Quelle	(2003), (66 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Cultural Awareness; Faculty Development; Financial Support; Foreign Culture; Globalization; Higher Education; International Education; International Relations; Preservice Teacher Education; Second Language Instruction; Secondary Education; Study Abroad; Teacher Certification + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Finanzielle Förderung; Fremdes; Globalisation; Globalisierung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Internationale Erziehung; Internationale Beziehungen; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Sekundarbereich; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium
Abstract	This study examined obstacles to and prospects for internationalizing the undergraduate training of secondary school teachers. Data were collected through interviews on diverse U.S. campuses and interviews with and surveys of current teachers. Most respondents said that student advising needed improvement and felt that advisors were informed haphazardly. Approximately half of respondents suggested adding more international courses and/or more international content to existing courses. More than half of most respondents, and nearly all senior administrators, felt that requirements for foreign language study should be added or increased. Student study abroad was cited by many as an effective way to internationalize teacher training, although logistical challenges were noted. Most respondents suggested that more faculty development would be useful in internationalizing teacher education, particularly through workshops, faculty travel abroad, and international and foreign language competence in hiring and promotion. Current teachers found the certification and recertification processes lacking in elements related to knowledge about other countries and globalization. Understanding the range and interrelationships of opportunities for students and services available from an office of international programs was more of a continuing challenge for faculty, advisors, and administrators in Education than in Arts and Sciences. Sources of funding for efforts to add international dimensions tended to be internationally generated. Appended are: Advisory Group; Site Visit List; and Interview Protocols for: (1) Arts and Sciences Faculty, Deans, and Advisors; Education Faculty, Deans, Advisors, and Students; Provosts, Presidents, and Directors and Staff of Offices of International Programs; and Current Teachers. (Contains 14 tables.) (SM)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC