A Narrative Inquiry Into Chinese Novice Teachers' Induction in West China Through Cross-Cultural Teacher Development

• In Event: 31.044 - Bringing Them In and Keeping Them In: An Analysis of Teacher Induction and Retention Efforts

Abstract

This narrative inquiry research explores the induction process and experiential stories of five Chinese novice teachers, from their cross-cultural learning experience in Canada to being beginning teachers in West China. It identifies challenges and strategies, which novice teachers have encountered in their first three years of teaching in West China. This study aims to deepen understandings of how pre-service teacher candidates try to educate themselves about the world and cultures around them via cross-cultural learning experiences and how they go through the induction process. Particular attention will be paid to the relationship between teachers’ cross-cultural experience and their teaching methods, teaching practices, and thoughts and beliefs about teaching and learning.

Author

• Ju Huang, University of Windsor