The Role of Working Abroad as a Teacher on Professional Development

Altun, Mustafa

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“…Benefits. With respect to the benefits, both professional growth and personal growth are among the consequences of teaching abroad (Altun, 2015;Barber, 2003;Cook, 2000;De Villar and Jiang, 2012;Serin, 2017;Yarosh et al, 2018), and literature shows evidence of the positive influence of international teaching experiences on teachers' lives. Moran (2002) stated that the awareness gained by being in a foreign country is gradual and has an impact that one sees in oneself over time.…”

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Living and Teaching Internationally: Teachers Talk about Personal Experiences, Benefits, and Challenges

Ospina

Medina

2020

Jnl of Research in Internatl Education

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This study reports on the impact of international visiting faculty’s teaching experiences in the United States on their personal, professional, and intercultural development. It is based on the principles of qualitative research and can be described as a case study. Data collection involved a questionnaire, a written narrative, and a semi-structured interview with each of a number of teachers. Participants included a group of 22 visiting faculty. Three main categories, each of which can be subdivided into benefits and challenges, emerged from the analysis: intercultural matters, professional matters, and personal matters. A wide range of benefits was identified, suggesting that the participants adapted to new life styles, became more mature, obtained a deeper understanding of themselves, reaffirmed their own educational values and philosophies, raised cultural awareness, became more flexible, and developed attitudes that involved tolerance and respect. Conversely, visiting faculty reported that they faced challenges related to language barriers, interaction with native speakers, classroom management, lack of support from school administrators, and separation from family.

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Living and Teaching Internationally: Teachers Talk about Personal Experiences, Benefits, and Challenges

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Medina

2020

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“…1 Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey 2 Ankara University, Turkey 3 Aksaray University, Turkey has also been an opportunity for professional development, as teachers bring their experience to their classrooms and make use of recently acquired knowledge and skills. Teachers get new pedagogical experiences and skills in the sense that they incorporate new information as part of existing courses, promote student-centered teaching, learn how to integrate technology into teaching, improve new methods and techniques, exchange curriculum ideas, design effective lesson plans, and prepare materials for use in the classroom (Altun, 2015;Manik, 2014a;Reid & Collins, 2013;Rudder, 2012;Sharma, 2012;Voigt-Graf et al, 2007). International teaching experience also improves a global awareness of teachers so that teachers change the content of the courses by incorporating references from the countries where they have worked to improve their teaching.…”

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“…Although teacher qualifications and competences are questioned and it is controversial whether improvements in teacher education serve to attain these competences, (Altun, 2015;Güven, 2010;Küçükahmet, 1993;Öztürk, 1996;Sanal & Ozen, 2018) some of the teachers are chosen and appointed to educate children of Turkish families living abroad about Turkish language and its culture. Although, on one hand, the qualifications of a teacher are questioned in Turkey, it is not usually questioned whether a teacher, as a professional, is qualified enough for an international mobility.…”

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Experiences of Turkish Teachers Working Abroad

2020

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Turkish teachers seek to work abroad for a variety of reasons with a mixed degree of success. This study examined the common essence of the experiences of Turkish teachers, through 25 interviews with teachers commissioned to teach Turkish and Turkish culture to Turkish students in Germany and France. Interviews were conducted using semi-structured interview questions and audio recordings. The analyses used an appropriate content analysis process for a qualitative phenomenological approach. Krippendorff’s alpha coefficient showed high interrater reliability with a value of .83, and to ensure the credibility the codings have been submitted to internal and external checks. The direct quotations of the participants’ discourses were shared in the text. The results of the study showed that there was a particular driving force that directed teachers to teach abroad. This driving force embodied itself in a sense of curiosity and pride for being chosen to work abroad.

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“…Despite its difficulties for some, working abroad has always provided advantageous for teachers to enhance their personal and professional development. International experience not only allows teachers to develop their cultural awareness which will allow them to be in good relation with students from diverse groups but also enables them to develop teaching strategies to teach effectively (Altun, 2015).…”

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The Effects of Teaching Abroad on Personal and Professional Development

2017

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With increasing global change, schools have become more culturally diverse recently. Teachers must address the needs of students from diverse backgrounds to create an effective learning environment through personal and professional development. They need to increase their cultural awareness, and develop their teaching skills to create a learning setting in which students respect each other. Working abroad help teachers expose to innovative learning styles, educational materials and curricula which play key roles in the development of their teaching practice. Furthermore, living in a different culture enables teachers to gain new skills and knowledge which they can integrate into their own teaching strategies. This article presents the benefits of working abroad in many aspects.

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The Role of Working Abroad as a Teacher on Professional Development

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Living and Teaching Internationally: Teachers Talk about Personal Experiences, Benefits, and Challenges

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