International Student Mobility Programs and Effects on Student Teachers' Perceptions and Beliefs about Education and Their Role as Future Educators

Autor/inn/en	Richardson, Rachel; Munday, Jennifer
Titel	International Student Mobility Programs and Effects on Student Teachers' Perceptions and Beliefs about Education and Their Role as Future Educators
Quelle	In: Universal Journal of Educational Research, 1 (2013) 3, S.240-246 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2332-3205
Schlagwörter	Student Mobility; Foreign Students; Student Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Role; Beliefs; Educational Attitudes; International Educational Exchange; Student Exchange Programs; Early Childhood Education; Teacher Education Programs; Interviews; Qualitative Research; Attitude Change; Student Experience; Educational Practices; Global Education; Cross Cultural Training; Undergraduate Students; Foreign Countries; Intercultural Programs; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität; Lehrerrolle; Belief; Glaube; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Internationaler Austausch; Schüleraustausch; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Qualitative Forschung; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Studienerfahrung; Bildungspraxis; Globales Lernen; Interkulturelle Orientierung; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	The aim of this study was to examine the value and benefits obtained from a semester length academic exchange for Australian early childhood teacher education students in equivalent programs in selected European sites. The data obtained from interviews conducted in this qualitative study indicate that students involved in the international mobility program experienced changes to their own sense of identity and their perception of other cultural practices and attitudes. In particular, the students' international experiences caused them to reflect deeply on matters of early childhood practice in their host and home countries and these reflections led, in some cases, to reconsiderations of their future role as practitioners. The students' reflections also offer the university sector some points to consider with respect to student mobility programs, particularly in how participants are supported in interpreting their overseas experience. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01