Identity Work and Intercultural Awareness through Cultural Excavation: Teacher Candidates Studying Abroad
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| Title: | Identity Work and Intercultural Awareness through Cultural Excavation: Teacher Candidates Studying Abroad |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Michele Back (ORCID |
| Source: | New Educator. 2023 19(4):368-387. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 20 |
| Publication Date: | 2023 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Cultural Awareness, Study Abroad, Self Concept, Multilingualism, Student Diversity, Teacher Student Relationship, Student Attitudes, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Educational Experience, Foreign Countries, Measures (Individuals), Cultural Context, Context Effect |
| Geographic Terms: | Peru |
| Assessment and Survey Identifiers: | Intercultural Development Inventory |
| DOI: | 10.1080/1547688X.2023.2287666 |
| ISSN: | 1547-688X 1549-9243 |
| Abstract: | Reflecting upon self-identity is important for teachers and teacher candidates, many of whom have different backgrounds from their multicultural, multilingual students. In this study I analyze data from cultural excavation activities completed by ten teacher candidates during study abroad in Peru, in which they critically reflected upon their own identities in relation to the cultural environments of their study abroad experience. Findings from activities and the Intercultural Development Inventory showed increased intercultural sensitivity among most participants, while focus group responses pointed to the cultural excavation activities as scaffolding this movement. Participant responses also demonstrated increased contextual awareness regarding their and others' identities, a crucial notion for combatting essentialist conceptions of culture. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1406322 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Reflecting upon self-identity is important for teachers and teacher candidates, many of whom have different backgrounds from their multicultural, multilingual students. In this study I analyze data from cultural excavation activities completed by ten teacher candidates during study abroad in Peru, in which they critically reflected upon their own identities in relation to the cultural environments of their study abroad experience. Findings from activities and the Intercultural Development Inventory showed increased intercultural sensitivity among most participants, while focus group responses pointed to the cultural excavation activities as scaffolding this movement. Participant responses also demonstrated increased contextual awareness regarding their and others' identities, a crucial notion for combatting essentialist conceptions of culture. |
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| ISSN: | 1547-688X 1549-9243 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/1547688X.2023.2287666 |
