The Impact of International Exchange Practical Experience on Elementary School Teachers' International Education Literacy －Four Teachers as Examples

• Main Authors: Yi-Wen Tsai, 蔡宜紋
• Other Authors: Wen-Ding Huang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/nk433v

碩士 === 國立暨南國際大學 === 國際文教與比較教育學系 === 103 === 　　The activities of the International Education (IE) in primary and secondary schools was blooming after the announcement of “The White Paper on International Education for Primary and Secondary Schools” by the Ministry of Education (MOE) in 2011. Then, what Literacy of IE should teachers have in the forefront of implementing IE activities? 　　The purpose of this study is to explore the dimensions and intention of Teachers' International Education Literacy, and how practical experience of international exchanges influence Teachers' International Education Literacy. In order to achieve the above research purpose, the study summarizes relevant literature and concludes the dimensions and intention of Teachers' International Education Literacy, and the researcher interviews four primary-school teachers with practical International Exchange experience by using semi-structured interview. 　　The Teachers' International Education Literacy in this study includes three domains: 1) Cognitive Domain: Cross-Culture Understanding, Mastering in Global Issues and Perspectives, and Understanding the Importance, Context, and Intention of IE. 2) Affective Domain: Positive Attitude towards IE and Multi-Culture, and 3) Skill Domain: Skill of Integrating the IE into Curriculum and Teaching, Skill of Cross-Cultural Communication, Skill of Information and Communication Technology, and Ability of Problem Solving and Team Cooperation. 　　The suggestions for teachers’ professional development on the Literacy of IE in the study are as follows: 1. Making use of the result of this study for setting the goals of pre-service and in-service training for teachers of IE and re-examining and strengthening the current curriculum and courses of IE. 2. Establishing more curriculum and courses related to IE to increase the learning opportunities of student teachers and in-service teachers and enhancing the content of “Global Issues and Perspectives” and “The Context and Intention of IE.” 3. Integrating more elements of real-life experience into current curriculum and courses of IE to stimulate teachers’ international education and to increase teachers’ intention to implement IE activities. 4. Improving cross-cultural communication skills through teachers’ training courses and also strengthening and making good use of both the feedback of teachers’ teamwork and the abilities of sustainable development to enable teams’ sustainable progression. 5. Encouraging teachers to implement IE with learning-by-doing attitude from the view of administration units and schools.