How Preservice Teachers’ Study Abroad Experiences Lead to Changes in Their Perceptions of English Language Learners

Medina, Adriana L.; Hathaway, Jennifer I.; Pilonieta, Paola

doi:10.36366/frontiers.v25i1.346

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“…These experiences allowed the preservice teachers the opportunity to work through challenges such as communicating with individuals. These challenges faced abroad may support preservice teachers' future approaches with English Language Learners (ELL) and English as a Second Language (ESL) students in future classrooms (Medina, Hathaway, & Pionieta, 2015;Williams & Abramenka, 2018). Lastly, the preservice teachers learned how another country approached changes in educational policy.…”

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Teaching Educational Psychology in an International Setting: Exploring the Finnish Education System

Pressley¹

2020

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The emphasis of this paper is on the importance of teaching teacher preparation courses, specifically educational psychology, through a study abroad trip to Finland. This experience allowed American preservice teachers to see theories applied in an international setting while also allowing preservice teachers to compare the United States education system to the Finnish educational system. The current study includes sixteen female, preservice teachers’ perceptions of the trip. Development of the activities abroad occurred with a Finnish university and included multiple school visits, panel discussions, and guest lectures. These experiences allowed for full immersion in the Finnish education system. The data include observations, student papers, and student survey responses, which present changes in students’ views of education, views of the Finnish education system, and the application of theories in a real-world setting. This experience not only provided preservice teachers with an opportunity to see one of the best educational systems in the world but also pushed the preservice teachers to rethink how teaching and learning can look in a classroom.

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Teaching Educational Psychology in an International Setting: Exploring the Finnish Education System

Pressley¹

2020

IES

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“…Study abroad allows for global comparative education and multicultural experiences (Alfaro, 2008;Brown & Tignor, 2016;Doppen & Shahri, 2019). The experiences PSTs have while abroad impact their perceptions and dispositions towards their future diverse students (Medina et al, 2015;Pilonieta et al, 2017). A global perspective is elemental in preparing a globally competent teacher.…”

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Global Literature in Tandem with Study Abroad: Cultivating Intercultural Competence for Preservice Teachers

Medina

Kiefel

2021

Frontiers

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The purpose of this study was to examine how literature study and study abroad, in combination as methods of internationalization, influence preservice teachers’ (PSTs) intercultural competence and potential future classroom practices. Elementary education PSTs studied abroad in Germany for five weeks. As part of the preparation, they read a German novel identified as global literature. While abroad, they saw the corresponding movie and had conversations with German peers to better understand it within its cultural context. Three sources of data - My Cultural Awareness Profile, a Germany Questionnaire, and a Critical Blueprint novel reflection essay – were analyzed. To better connect experiential learning abroad to future teaching, faculty guided PSTs to critically examine their pre- and post-responses. The findings indicate global literature is effective to begin to shift PSTs cultural perspectives. In combination, literature study and study abroad bring a global perspective to teacher preparation that can cultivate PSTs’ intercultural competence.

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“…It has been referred to as “the ability to think and act in intercultural appropriate ways” (Hammer, Bennett, & Wiseman, 2003, p. 422). A focus on development of intercultural competence with a teacher education program has been shown to help preservice teachers to more effectively communicate and collaborate with those from various cultural backgrounds (Bennett, 1993; Longview Foundation, 2008; Medina, Hathaway, & Pilonieta, 2015; Pilonieta, Medina, & Hathaway, 2017). Intercultural competence can also facilitate the development of dispositional attributes necessary for cultural responsiveness within teacher education.…”

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Catalyzing Cultural and Global Competencies: Engaging Preservice Teachers in Study Abroad to Expand the Agency of Citizenship

Byker

Putman

2018

Journal of Studies in International Education

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Study abroad is an experiential learning pedagogy that has many positive outcomes. In the field of teacher education, study abroad provides opportunity for the development of global competencies and agency. Similarly, study abroad can help expand notions of what it means to be a global citizen. This article examines the effects of preservice teachers engaging in a study abroad program to South Africa. Critical Cosmopolitan Theory provides the article’s theoretical frame for the investigation of the impact of this study abroad program. The study’s participant sample comprised preservice teachers from a large research university located in the Southeast region of the United States ( N = 21). Using a mixed-methods research design, the study examined the participants’ perceptions of their study abroad and international teaching experiences. It was found that the study abroad experience was a catalyst for enhancing preservice teachers’ global competencies, intercultural awareness, and cultural responsiveness as the participants widened their perspectives of what it means to be a critically cosmopolitan educator and citizen.

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How Preservice Teachers’ Study Abroad Experiences Lead to Changes in Their Perceptions of English Language Learners

Cited by 22 publications

References 25 publications

Teaching Educational Psychology in an International Setting: Exploring the Finnish Education System

Teaching Educational Psychology in an International Setting: Exploring the Finnish Education System

Global Literature in Tandem with Study Abroad: Cultivating Intercultural Competence for Preservice Teachers

Catalyzing Cultural and Global Competencies: Engaging Preservice Teachers in Study Abroad to Expand the Agency of Citizenship

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