Canadian Students Down Under: An Intercultural Perspective for Teacher Training in Australia
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https://doi.org/10.36366/frontiers.v2i1.26Keywords:
Canadian students, teacher training, AustraliaAbstract
This article reports on the underlying reasons for Nepean's involvement with an increasing number of Canadian students, the experiences of the first cohort of twenty-two students to undertake this program, the benefits and challenges that the experience has brought them as the first students in the program, and the advantages that accrued to the university as a consequence of having a group of Canadian students as part of its student body.
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Case, R. (1991). Key elements of a global perspective. Occasional Paper No. 25, Explorations in Development/Global Education (published with the support of the Canadian International Development Agency). Vancouver: UBC.
Curriculum Corporation (1994). A statement on English for Australian schools. Melbourne, Victoria: Australian Education Council.
Curriculum Corporation (1989). Common and agreed national goals for schooling in Australia. Melbourne, Victoria: Australian Education Council.
Grant, J. (1992). A handbook of economic indicators. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Hoffman, J. E. & Zak, 1. (1969). Interpersonal contact and attitude change in a cross-cultural situation. The journal of Social Psychology, 78, 165-171.
MacKeracher, D. (1984). An overview of the educational system in Canada. SERIES: New technologies in Canadian education; paper 1. Toronto: Ontario Educational Communications Authority.
Ontario: The Ministry (1993). The Common curriculum: grades 1- 9 /Ontario Ministry of Education and Training.
Royal Commission on Learning (1995). For the love of learning. Toronto: Publications, Ontario.
Sharma, M. P., & Jung, L. B. (1986). How cross-cultural participation affects the international attitudes of US students. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 10, 377-387.
Tisher, R. R (1990). One and a half decades of research on teacher education in Australia. In R. R Tisher and M. E Wideen (eds.), Research in Teacher Education: International Perspectives (pp. 67-88). London: The Falmer Press.
Tucker, J. L., & Cistone, P. J. (1991). Global perspectives for teachers: An urgent priority. Journal of Teacher Education, 42, 3-9.
Wideen, M. F., & Holborn, P. (1990). Teacher education in Canada: A research review. In R. P. Tisher and M. E Wideen (eds.), Research in Teacher Education: International Perspectives (pp. 11-32). London: The Falmer Press.
Wilson, A. H. (1993). Conversation partners: Helping students gain a global perspective through cross-cultural experiences. Theory Into Practice, 32, 21-26.
Wilson, A. H. (1983). A case study of two teachers with cross-cultural experience: They know more. Educational Research Quarterly, 8 (1), 78-85.
Yin, R. K. (1989). Case study research: Design and methods. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
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1996-11-15
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Relich,J.D. , & Kindler, M. (1996). Canadian Students Down Under: An Intercultural Perspective for Teacher Training in Australia. Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2(1), 64–82. https://doi.org/10.36366/frontiers.v2i1.26
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