(A)broad Teacher Education

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Title: (A)broad Teacher Education
Language: English
Authors: Ling, Lorraine, Burman, Eva, Cooper, Maxine, Ling, Peter
Source: Theory Into Practice. 2006 45(2):143-149.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 7
Publication Date: 2006
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Descriptive
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education, Foreign Students, Global Education, Teacher Educators, Teacher Qualifications, Educational Change, Cultural Pluralism, Outcomes of Education, Reflective Teaching, Educational Experience
Geographic Terms: Australia
DOI: 10.1207/s15430421tip4502_6
ISSN: 0040-5841
Abstract: In this article, the implications of international students undertaking teacher education in Australian universities are discussed as an example of global teacher education and its consequences for teacher educators and students. Increasing numbers of international students come to Australia to qualify as teachers and this has consequences for the practices of teacher educators and also for the behaviors of the international teacher education students. We contend that the practice of undertaking teacher education in another country produces future teachers who are cosmopolitans who value diversity and embrace change and uncertainty, rather than producing fundamentalists who adhere rigidly to tradition and ritual truths. Drucker's (1993) concept of living simultaneously in global and local worlds forms a central element in the theoretical framework. Studying teacher education in global settings is seen as having positive outcomes and practical consequences at a number of levels.
Abstractor: Author
Entry Date: 2006
Accession Number: EJ736344
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:In this article, the implications of international students undertaking teacher education in Australian universities are discussed as an example of global teacher education and its consequences for teacher educators and students. Increasing numbers of international students come to Australia to qualify as teachers and this has consequences for the practices of teacher educators and also for the behaviors of the international teacher education students. We contend that the practice of undertaking teacher education in another country produces future teachers who are cosmopolitans who value diversity and embrace change and uncertainty, rather than producing fundamentalists who adhere rigidly to tradition and ritual truths. Drucker's (1993) concept of living simultaneously in global and local worlds forms a central element in the theoretical framework. Studying teacher education in global settings is seen as having positive outcomes and practical consequences at a number of levels.
ISSN:0040-5841
DOI:10.1207/s15430421tip4502_6