Leading An International Teaching Practicum: Negotiating Tensions in A Site of Border Pedagogy

From Section:
Theories & Approaches
Countries:
Australia,, South Africa
Published:
Apr. 05, 2012

Source: Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, Volume 40, Issue 2, 2012, pages 97-109.

This paper is a critical account of a particular experience of an Australian teacher educator leading an international teaching practicum in South Africa.

The account shows how multifarious tensions play out in the practice of a teacher educator working in transcultural spaces utilising ‘border pedagogy’.


Updated: Jan. 17, 2017
Keywords:
Attitudes of teachers | Cultural differences | Educational environment | Global approach | Practicum | Teacher educators | Teaching methods