A Narrative Study of the Immigration and Cross-Cultural Experience of Teaching Practice

• Main Authors: Sung-Ya Tu, 凃松亞
• Other Authors: Yu-Min Chien
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/7v4vs2

碩士 === 中原大學 === 教育研究所 === 102 === My immigrant experience can be treated as a gift in my life. To me, immigrations not only a geographical move, but also a series of difficulties along with it. In this research, self-narrative is applied to review my growing process and its impacts on my teaching practice. To my surprise, what used to be melancholy memories turned out to be the nutrition for both my life and teaching career. In this study, through “retrospective”, “reflection” and “discovery” methods, the influence of the immigrant experience over a cross-cultural teacher and his teaching practice is found as followed: 1. Both of my ability to adapt to a new environment and my interpersonal skills are improved with my immigrant background. Also, I can better understand people from the same background and their struggles, and relieved myself from the precedent discomfort. 2. My horizon has been broadened and my multicultural insight has been sharpened. Furthermore, my multicultural literacy can be demonstrated in my teaching practice. 3. The struggle between different cultures has a continuous impact on my philosophy of education and teaching practice. Through the narrative research, my personal stories will be rebuilt and given a new interpretation. Then, along with the reflection on my teaching, the new action plans are made.