Preparing Teacher Candidates to Serve Students From Diverse Backgrounds: Triggering Transformative Learning Through Short-Term Cultural Immersion

Authors

Rebecca A. Addleman, George Fox UniversityFollow
Robert Ch. Nava
Tatiana Cevallos, George Fox UniversityFollow
Carol J. Brazo, George Fox UniversityFollow
Kriston Dixon

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2014

Abstract

This study followed 24 teacher candidates in a short-term cultural immersion field experience designed to help them reflect on their assumptions and perspectives in order to better understand the culturally, ethnically, and linguistically diverse students they will teach. Qualitative methods were informed by a phenomenological research approach to examine candidates’ transformative learning experiences in a cultural immersion context. The findings are discussed within a three-stage framework of transformative learning: triggering experiences, frame of reference examination, and transformative change.

Comments

Originally published in the International Journal of Intercultural Relations Volume 43, Part B, November 2014, Pages 189-200.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2014.08.005

Recommended Citation

Addleman, Rebecca A.; Nava, Robert Ch.; Cevallos, Tatiana; Brazo, Carol J.; and Dixon, Kriston, "Preparing Teacher Candidates to Serve Students From Diverse Backgrounds: Triggering Transformative Learning Through Short-Term Cultural Immersion" (2014). Faculty Publications - College of Education. 234.
https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/soe_faculty/234