Understanding the long-term impact of an overseas immersion programme on pre-service teachers’ learning to teach: A Hong Kong case

Understanding the long-term impact of an overseas immersion programme on pre-service teachers’ learning to teach: A Hong Kong case

• Yu, Baohua The Education University of Hong Kong
• Ding, Feng Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
• Yuan, Rui Eric The Education University of Hong Kong

Educational Studies, 2020

Routledge

2020

• M Teachers & Education for Teachers
  • MA Professional Education for Teachers

Immersion Programme Pre-service Teaching Professional Development Intercultural Competence

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Post-Secondary Education

The present study seeks to explore the long-term impact of an overseas immersion programme on pre-service teachers’ professional learning in Hong Kong. In-depth interviews with 11 pre-service teachers about their immersion experiences and post-immersion learning revealed their professional gains and challenges brought by their exposure to different cultures and educational systems in foreign countries. In particular, they reported on the sustained influences of immersion on their cultural awareness and pedagogical thinking in their current classroom teaching practice. The paper concludes with suggestions for the improvement of immersion programmes as an important component of current pre-service teacher education. Copyright © 2020 Informa UK Limited.

• English

Journal Articles

• 03055698

• 10.1080/03055698.2020.1740880

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/6ab532b4

2020-07-20