- VOLUME
- Vol. 18 | (1)
- ABSTRACT FILE
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01_International teaching practicum.pdf
- TITLE
- The long-term effects of an international teaching practicum: The development of personal and professional competences of Korean pre-service teachers
- KEYWORDS
- International Teaching Practicum (ITP), pre-service teachers, teacher education, personal competence development, professional competence development, teacher agency
Abstract
This study investigates the long-term effects of an international teaching practicum
(ITP) on the development of teachers’ personal and professional competence. Based on
diaries of seven Korean participants in their ITP, the study also explores the teachers’
current experiences. Data were collected using three methods: teaching diaries, interviews
from the participants, and field-notes from the program instructor. The teaching diaries
were written while the participants were in their ITP (2016-2017), and the interviews were
conducted in 2018. Through ITP participation, the Korean pre-service teachers achieved
various insights toward differences, and this led them to possess openness. These insights
became their identities-in-practice as a kind person and innovative teacher, which brought
reconceptualization and reconstruction of their teaching practice, long-termly.