“…Without thoughtful and careful mediation, cross-cultural experience can be miseducative in that, as prospective teachers encounter differences that challenge their values and beliefs, it is possible to create resistance (LevineRasky, 2000;Trainor, 2002;Wagner, 2005), reinforce bias and privilege, or simply assimilate oppressive beliefs within existing systems (O'Brien & Korgen, 2007). Thus, carefully designed mediation of experience is essential (Brown, 2004;Burant & Kirby, 2002;Emmanuel, 2005).…”