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Publication Date: 2020
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Transformative Professional Development for In-Service Teachers through International Service Learning
Baecher, Laura; Chung, Samantha
Teacher Development, v24 n1 p33-51 2020
Teachers who participate in learning and teaching abroad enhance their intercultural competence, develop more globally informed and critical perspectives on education, and improve their foreign language and teaching skills. However, most of the research on teacher study abroad has been conducted with pre-service rather than in-service teachers. To address study abroad designed for working teachers, this study analyzes a month-long, instructor-led program in San José, Costa Rica in which 10 primary and secondary in-service teachers of English as a Second Language (TESOL) from New York City volunteered as English teaching assistants. Participants also engaged in Spanish language learning both formally through university coursework as well as informally through homestay. A conceptual framework for the design of such programs is suggested, drawing on the literature on teacher study abroad and transformative learning theory, with implications for the personal and professional learning of in-service teachers.
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Faculty Development, Inservice Teacher Education, Service Learning, Study Abroad, Program Length, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, English (Second Language), Volunteers, Spanish, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness, Cultural Awareness, English Teachers, Beliefs
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New York (New York); Costa Rica
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