Teaching about Teaching about Culture: The Role of Culture in Second Language Teacher Education Programs

Autor/in	Kidwell, Tabitha
Titel	Teaching about Teaching about Culture: The Role of Culture in Second Language Teacher Education Programs
Quelle	In: TESL-EJ, 22 (2019) 4, (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1072-4303
Schlagwörter	Cultural Awareness; Case Studies; Teaching Methods; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Beginning Teachers; Teacher Educators; Teacher Education Programs; Foreign Countries; Program Descriptions; Teacher Attitudes; Diaries; Language Teachers; Elementary School Teachers; Secondary School Teachers; Indonesia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Junior teacher; Junglehrer; Teacher education; Education; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Ausland; Lehrerverhalten; Diary; Tagebuch; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Indonesien
Abstract	By teaching English, teachers are preparing students for encounters with people from different cultures. To do so effectively from the beginning of their careers, novice teachers need preparation to teach about culture in addition to teaching language. Teacher educators could more effectively support novice teachers' ability to teach about culture if they had a better understanding of the process of learning to teach about culture and beginning to do so during the early years of teaching. This qualitative case study of one teacher education program in Indonesia investigates novice teachers' learning about and practices for teaching about culture. Data sources include interviews and lesson observations with 20 teacher educators, and interviews, lesson observations, and journal entries from 20 novice teachers who recently graduated from the program. Findings indicate that teachers have few opportunities to learn about how to teach about culture, and that they address culture in their classrooms relatively infrequently. This study's implications reveal a need for teacher education programs to provide more concrete guidance about how to teach about culture. With stronger preparation in their teacher education programs, novice teachers might be better able to foster their students' ability to engage across difference. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	TESL-EJ. e-mail: editor@tesl-ej.org; Web site: http://tesl-ej.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01