Sharing Practice in an International Context – a Critique of the Benefits of International Exchanges for Trainee Teachers

This reflective article is based on the experiences of two years of teacher training students from the University of Northampton and the Pedagogical University of Weingarten. This article looks more closely at the benefits that international exchange experiences have afforded the trainee teachers inv...

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Main Authors: Emma Whewell, Anna Cox, Kerstin Theinert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bialystok, Faculty of Law 2020-06-01
Series:Eastern European Journal of Transnational Relations
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Online Access:http://eejtr.uwb.edu.pl/article/view/476
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spelling doaj-5993a592a08b44fabd77b80322579c082021-06-21T22:28:42ZengUniversity of Bialystok, Faculty of LawEastern European Journal of Transnational Relations2544-92142544-97372020-06-014110.15290/eejtr.2020.04.01.02Sharing Practice in an International Context – a Critique of the Benefits of International Exchanges for Trainee TeachersEmma Whewell0Anna Cox1Kerstin Theinert2University of Northampton, United KingdomUniversity of Northampton, United KingdomPädagogische Hochschule Weingarten, Germany This reflective article is based on the experiences of two years of teacher training students from the University of Northampton and the Pedagogical University of Weingarten. This article looks more closely at the benefits that international exchange experiences have afforded the trainee teachers involved and how challenges to the process have been addressed. This reflection reveals the value of international exchanges in challenging perceptions and assumptions and how the thinking of the trainee teachers changed following the exchange. This study employs a qualitative approach drawing upon the reflections and experiences of the participants through written and spoken data. The findings reveal trainee teachers developed skills specific to teaching and in particular teaching languages, and they also demonstrated an increased awareness of non teaching specific skills such as problem solving and intercultural sensitivity. The reflections offer insight into how trainee teachers, use, interpret and subsequently act upon the experiences offered in an international exchange. http://eejtr.uwb.edu.pl/article/view/476teacher educationprofessional developmentinternational exchangeintercultural competence
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Sharing Practice in an International Context – a Critique of the Benefits of International Exchanges for Trainee Teachers
Eastern European Journal of Transnational Relations
teacher education
professional development
international exchange
intercultural competence
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Anna Cox
Kerstin Theinert
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title Sharing Practice in an International Context – a Critique of the Benefits of International Exchanges for Trainee Teachers
title_short Sharing Practice in an International Context – a Critique of the Benefits of International Exchanges for Trainee Teachers
title_full Sharing Practice in an International Context – a Critique of the Benefits of International Exchanges for Trainee Teachers
title_fullStr Sharing Practice in an International Context – a Critique of the Benefits of International Exchanges for Trainee Teachers
title_full_unstemmed Sharing Practice in an International Context – a Critique of the Benefits of International Exchanges for Trainee Teachers
title_sort sharing practice in an international context – a critique of the benefits of international exchanges for trainee teachers
publisher University of Bialystok, Faculty of Law
series Eastern European Journal of Transnational Relations
issn 2544-9214
2544-9737
publishDate 2020-06-01
description This reflective article is based on the experiences of two years of teacher training students from the University of Northampton and the Pedagogical University of Weingarten. This article looks more closely at the benefits that international exchange experiences have afforded the trainee teachers involved and how challenges to the process have been addressed. This reflection reveals the value of international exchanges in challenging perceptions and assumptions and how the thinking of the trainee teachers changed following the exchange. This study employs a qualitative approach drawing upon the reflections and experiences of the participants through written and spoken data. The findings reveal trainee teachers developed skills specific to teaching and in particular teaching languages, and they also demonstrated an increased awareness of non teaching specific skills such as problem solving and intercultural sensitivity. The reflections offer insight into how trainee teachers, use, interpret and subsequently act upon the experiences offered in an international exchange.
topic teacher education
professional development
international exchange
intercultural competence
url http://eejtr.uwb.edu.pl/article/view/476
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