Building and Sustaining Short-Term Cross-Cultural Immersion Programs in Teacher Education

Autor/in	Ference, Ruth
Titel	Building and Sustaining Short-Term Cross-Cultural Immersion Programs in Teacher Education
Quelle	In: AILACTE Journal, 3 (2006), S.11-24 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1945-9009
Schlagwörter	Social Justice; Preservice Teacher Education; Preservice Teachers; Multicultural Education; World Views; Cultural Awareness; Cultural Pluralism; Student Development; Cross Cultural Training; Cultural Differences; Foreign Culture; Intercultural Communication; Intercultural Programs; Social Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Study Abroad; Georgia; Italy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Multikulturelle Erziehung; World view; Weltanschauung; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Kulturpluralismus; Interkulturelle Orientierung; Kultureller Unterschied; Fremdes; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Ausland; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Italien
Abstract	Cross-cultural experiences in teacher education are an important part of multicultural education because they allow preservice teachers to examine their world view and develop culturally sensitive dispositions critical for teaching in our diverse society. Research has shown that effective cross-cultural experiences can lead to personal development, cultural understanding and sensitivity, and openness to cultural diversity. This article will describe how one college has successfully maintained a cross-cultural program for all education students since 1999. It will also discuss the effect of two immersion experiences on students' knowledge and dispositions about cultures different from their own. These experiences led to personal development, knowledge about other cultures, and more global understandings and allowed students to experience what it is like to be an outsider with language and communication barriers. Students also examined their world view and preconceived stereotypes as well as issues of social justice and racism. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Association of Independent Liberal Arts Colleges for Teacher Education. 1903 Princeton Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55105. Tel: 651-690-8949; e-mail: erns0039@umn.edu; Web site: http://www.ailacte.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10