Title
Intercultural Research in Teacher Education: An Essential Intersection in the Preparation of Globally Competent Teachers
Publication Title
Action in Teacher Education
Publication Date
2011
Document Type
Article
DOI
10.1080/01626620.2011.627306
Keywords
intercultural research, teacher education, global competence, teachers
Disciplines
Teacher Education and Professional Development
Abstract
The author argues that a focus solely on social justice in teacher education may be insufficient in bringing about the changes needed in the preparation of teacher candidates to understand and address critically important social issues and to build global competence. Research from the related fields of intercultural research and education suggest that the majority of teachers and teacher education students do not possess the prerequisite attitudes and behaviors required to effect such a change. Contributions from intercultural research in such areas as the formation and reduction of prejudice, acculturation and intergroup interaction, what we know about intercultural sensitivity, the development of intercultural competence, and the process of culture learning are reviewed, suggesting the facilitation of intercultural sensitivity and competence may be an essential precursor to one's understanding that other perspectives, experiences, and histories can and do exist.
Recommended Citation
Cushner, Kenneth (2011). Intercultural Research in Teacher Education: An Essential Intersection in the Preparation of Globally Competent Teachers. Action in Teacher Education 33(5-6), 601-614. doi: 10.1080/01626620.2011.627306 Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.kent.edu/tlcspubs/2