Where Are They Now? A Follow-Up With Participants in a Cultural Immersion Field Experience

• In Event: Marriott Roundtable Session 14
  In Roundtable Session: Cultural Responsiveness and Relevance in Music Education

Abstract

In this study, I reconnected with participants two years after they had participated in a cultural immersion field experience during their undergraduate music teacher preparation to examine the long-term impact on their perceptions about music teaching and learning with students whose cultural backgrounds differ from their own. Data analysis is in progress. Preliminary findings suggest that participants believed the experience was important because it provided one of few opportunities to teach in a setting that differed culturally from their own backgrounds. However, participants still felt unprepared to teach in culturally different settings and preferred to teach in settings that resembled their own cultural backgrounds.

Author

• Andrea VanDeusen, East Carolina University