Issues in Teacher Education articles

Recent articles from Issues in Teacher Education

Introduction.
September 22, 2011... Dear Readers, As we start our third year as co-editors of Issues in Teacher Education, we reflect back on past accomplishments and look forward to new ventures. Our accomplishments include moving our submission process into an electronic journal system, working with a supportive editorial...

Voices of border crossings: learning, teaching, and expanding visions.(Report)
September 22, 2011... Cross-cultural movement is increasingly impacting school environments and classroom practice, mainly as a result of rising and more varied rates of culturally pluralistic populations than previously recorded (Statistics Canada, 2007; United States Census Bureau, 2003). Consequently, teachers...

Examining the practice of critical reflection for developing pre-service teachers' multicultural competencies: findings from a study abroad program in Honduras.(Report)
September 22, 2011... In response to a critical need in teacher preparation, study abroad programs aimed at developing multicultural competencies in pre-service teachers have proliferated across the United States (Kitsantas, 2004). Multicultural competencies constitute the ability to challenge misconceptions that...

Crossing borders without leaving town: the impact of cultural immersion on the perceptions of teacher education candidates.(Report)
September 22, 2011... The racial/ethnic populations in public schools have changed dramatically in recent years and will continue to shift to a majority non-White population (National Center for Education Statistics, 2010). In 2001, 61% of school-aged children in the United States were White; this percentage...

From heads to hearts: digital stories as reflection artifacts of teachers' international experience.(Report)
September 22, 2011... The longest journey {people} must take is the eighteen inches from {their} heads to [their] hearts. Introduction On a humid Houston morning at the end of May, 13 Texas middle and high school teachers boarded a plane bound for China. The teachers and their two leaders from Texas A&M...