Digital Bridges for Global Awareness: Pre-Service Social Studies Teachers' Experiences Using Technology to Learn from and Teach Students in Thailand

Autor/in	Maguth, Brad M.
Titel	Digital Bridges for Global Awareness: Pre-Service Social Studies Teachers' Experiences Using Technology to Learn from and Teach Students in Thailand
Quelle	In: Journal of International Social Studies, 4 (2014) 1, S.42-59 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2327-3585
Schlagwörter	Preservice Teachers; Social Studies; Foreign Countries; Qualitative Research; Secondary School Students; Learning Activities; Cultural Awareness; Best Practices; Teaching Methods; Learning Processes; Student Attitudes; Program Descriptions; Global Education; Citizenship Education; Information Technology; Computer Mediated Communication; Student Projects; Active Learning; Technology Uses in Education; Intercultural Communication; Thailand; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gemeinschaftskunde; Ausland; Qualitative Forschung; Sekundarschüler; Lernaktivität; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Learning process; Lernprozess; Schülerverhalten; Globales Lernen; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Informationstechnologie; Computerkonferenz; Schulprojekt; Aktives Lernen; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; USA
Abstract	In order to ensure teachers are willing and ready to promote global perspectives in their classrooms, pre-service social studies teachers must know how to teach about the world, its people, and issues (Merryfield, 2000). This manuscript describes a qualitative research study that undertook an 8 month qualitative investigation at a large Midwestern university into secondary social studies methods students' perceptions of participating in a digitally mediated global learning project with secondary students in Thailand. Methods students participated in weekly correspondences and learning activities with Thai students that aimed to advance cross-cultural understandings and global learning. Findings reveal that methods students believed their participation in this project served as an authentic opportunity to learn and apply best practices in teaching and learning, in particular, in social studies and global education, and that their participation in this project was beneficial as it provided a necessary concrete example to build from in planning and implementing their own digitally mediated global learning project. Finally, implications of these findings and future lines of inquiry are discussed. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Assembly of the National Council for the Social Studies. 8555 16th Street Suite 500, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Tel: 765-496-3029; Fax: 765-496-2210; Web site: http://www.iajiss.org/index.php/iajiss/index
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01