Impactful Practices for Internationalizing Teacher Education

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium will address impactful teacher education research and practices that are necessary to promote a globally and inter-culturally competent teaching workforce. A comprehensive literature review addressing best practices in design and assessment of teacher education study abroad programs will frame this interactive discussion-based symposium. Following, we will explore how cross-cultural experiences facilitate the development of social justice mindsets. Next, we will address arts-based and narrative tools for investigating experiences of intercultural teaching and learning. Lastly, we will examine how border pedagogies complicate the internationalization of teacher education, specifically through the voices of Latina teachers from the US-Mexico border. The overall aim of this symposium is to advance the discourse underpinning global and cultural lenses on teaching and teacher preparation.

Sub Unit

• SIG-International Studies

Chair

• David M. Moss, University of Connecticut

Papers

• Best Practices in Designing and Assessing Teacher Education Study Abroad Programs: A Review of Literature - Helen Marx, Southern Connecticut State University; David M. Moss, University of Connecticut; Blair Izard, University of Connecticut - Storrs

• Developing a Social Justice Mind-Set in Preservice Teachers Within the Context of Study Abroad Programs - Kathryn M. Obenchain, Purdue University; Jill Annette Newton, Purdue University; JoAnn I. Phillion, Purdue University; Jairo Isaac Fúnez-Flores, Purdue University

• Arts-Based and Narrative Tools for Understanding and Investigating Experiences of Intercultural Teaching - Candace M. Schlein, University of Missouri - Kansas City

• How Border Pedagogies Complicate Internationalization of Teacher Education: Voices of Latina Teachers From the U.S.-Mexico Border - Suniti Sharma, Saint Joseph's University

Discussant

• Blair Izard, University of Connecticut - Storrs