Journal article
Developing preservice teachers' intercultural understanding and capability through wider field experience/service learning in Peru
Australian Educational Researcher, Vol.50, pp.329-352
2023
Abstract
Teaching the General Capability of Intercultural Understanding is an Australian government mandate, but an ongoing challenge for teachers, many of whom may have little or no experience dealing with the teaching of intercultural understanding and lack confidence to embed this focus in their classrooms. Hence, teacher preparation is a priority to enable this mandate to be fulfilled. This research project reports on the development of intercultural capability as a result of a short-term overseas Wider Field Experience undertaken by preservice teacher education students attending a regional university in Australia. The results were analysed according to two published frameworks. Survey results and qualitative analysis from 22 participants indicated that the wider field experience enhanced preservice teachers' intercultural capability and their readiness and ability to teach this priority upon graduation.
Details
- Title
- Developing preservice teachers' intercultural understanding and capability through wider field experience/service learning in Peru
- Authors
- Peter Grainger (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, QueenslandAlison Willis (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Publication details
- Australian Educational Researcher, Vol.50, pp.329-352
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- DOI
- 10.1007/s13384-021-00476-2
- ISSN
- 2210-5328
- Organisation Unit
- Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Education and Tertiary Access
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99574708802621
- Output Type
- Journal article
Metrics
48 Record Views
InCites Highlights
These are selected metrics from InCites Benchmarking & Analytics tool, related to this output
- Web Of Science research areas
- Education & Educational Research
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
This output has contributed to the advancement of the following goals:
Source: InCites