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Book SynopsisPromoting Global Competence and Social Justice in Teacher Education reconceptualizes the purpose of education to include the attainment of global or cosmopolitan perspectives. This goal has important implications for how we not only educate today's students, but also how we prepare teachers to teach in a diverse and complex world in which habits of perspective, inquiry, imagination, empathy, communication, commitment, humility, integrity, and judgment increasingly resonate in importance. This book advocates for preparing teacher candidates to acquire a nuanced, global perspective of their subject areas and be prepared to handle the demands of educating students for our changing global context. To this end, Promoting Global Competence and Social Justice in Teacher Education encourages the development of pedagogical strategies that will enable students to consider multiple perspectives and cultivate respect for diverse peoples and cultures.
Trade ReviewDavid Schwarzer and Beatrice L. Bridglall’s Promoting Global Competence and Social Justice in Teacher Education: Successes and Challenges within Local and International Contexts provides insights and ideas on how to globalize teacher education through experiential learning in a variety of contexts and resources. Nowhere else have I seen so many diverse strategies and points of view on global education pedagogy and experiential learning. This book is essential reading for teacher educators who are seeking to provide the experiences and knowledge needed to prepare preservice and inservice teachers for our increasingly complex and interdependent world. -- Merry Merryfield, Ohio State University
David Schwarzer and Beatrice Bridglall have compiled a rich collection of insightful contributions that demonstrate both the benefits of, and practical strategies for, internationalization of teacher education. Many American teachers graduate from education departments with surprisingly little knowledge of America’s role in the world. This book describes several pioneering programs that help to alleviate this problem through innovative approaches to transformative, experiential learning. In these times when the power of unrestrained corporations, militarism, and mass surveillance threaten democracy and human rights, there is a pressing need for such a book that inspires an empathetic, global perspective among teacher educators. -- David G. Hebert, Bergen University College
This volume provides an interesting and informative collection of efforts by U.S. teacher educators to educate teachers to be globally competent in ways where their teaching will support the reduction of the oppression and inequities that exist in the U.S. and throughout the world. The lack of internationalization in U.S. teacher education programs is a major problem. This volume makes an important contribution to helping us see how we can begin to address it. -- Ken Zeichner, Boeing Professor of Teacher Education, University of Washington
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Internationalizing Teacher Education: Successes and Challenges within Domestic and International Contexts David Schwarzer and Beatrice L. Bridglall Part I: Study Abroad Chapter 1: International Student Teaching in Non-Western Cultures: A Journey of Personal and Professional Transformation on the Road to Becoming a Globally-Minded Teacher Leigh Martin Chapter 2: Over There: Exploring a WWII Themed Short-Duration Study Abroad Program for Pre-Service Teachers David M. Moss and Alan S. Marcus Chapter 3: Culture and Class: Latina Pre-service Teachers in Costa Rica Mary Petrón and Burcu Ates Chapter 4: International Teaching: Bringing Home Global Perspectives Sarah Thomas Chapter 5: Implementing and Sustaining Long-Term Partnerships for International Student Teaching Placements Eleanor Vernon Wilson Part II: Technology Chapter 6: Promoting Global and Comparative Understandings of Education: My Year-long Journey Alexandra Brown Chapter 7: Participating in a Technology Enhanced Internationalization Project to Promote Students’ Foreign Language Motivation Tina Waldman and Efrat Harel Chapter 8: Using Technology to Facilitate Collaboration between New Jersey and Namibian Teacher Education Students Hilary Wilder and Perien Joniell Boer Chapter 9: Our 12-year Journey Internationalizing In-service Science Education Jacalyn Giacalone Willis, Katrina Macht, and Marya Burke Part III: Glocal Chapter 10: Comparative Reflections: Glocal Experiences in European Teacher Education Francesca Caena Chapter 11: Teaching International Struggles for Critical Democratic Education Wangari Gichiru and Matthew Knoester Chapter 12: Exploring the “Glocal” in Teacher Education: A Journey in Un-packing One Course Alison Price-Rom Chapter 13: Positionality and Glocal Encounters in Social Studies Teacher Education Steven Camicia and Marialuisa Di Stefano Conclusion David Schwarzer and Beatrice L. Bridglall
