ERIC Number: EJ1370091
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 12
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0037-7996
EISSN: EISSN-2152-405X
Adding International Elements to a Social Studies Teacher Education Program
Callahan, Cory
Social Studies, v113 n6 p271-282 2022
Here the author shares his attempt to add, without financial cost, substantive and dynamic international experiences to the secondary social studies teacher education program he facilitates. He provides thick descriptions of (1) the overarching goals of a collaborative, online, international learning project, (2) the curriculum materials he helped design and the classroom experiences he orchestrated, and (3) the project's international context. Moreover, this paper advocates for internationalization by describing a 5-week, inquiry-based project that featured university students in Japan and the US using an online video discussion platform to asynchronously introduce themselves to international peers, share their understanding of powerful social studies instruction, explore similarities in social studies education between the two nations, refine their understanding of international education, and share ideas for a wise-practice classroom activity that could be taught to secondary students in both nations. Because this article shares the project's rationale, schedule, assignments, and assessment rubrics, it may prove helpful for teachers and teacher educators as they envision ways to further prepare students to think and act globally.
Descriptors: International Education, Video Technology, Social Studies, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Cooperative Learning, Class Activities, Inquiry, Active Learning, Undergraduate Students, Intercultural Communication, Peer Relationship, Group Discussion, Teaching Methods, Assignments, Scoring Rubrics, Global Approach, Program Descriptions, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
Sponsor: US Embassy in Tokyo (Japan)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: United States; Japan
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