Reflections of an Ontario Student Teacher in Scotland: Cultural Language and Cross-Cultural Classroom Management

A new teacher in her initial teacher education (ITE) program is focused on curriculum content, classroom management and pedagogy, and this perspective does not change despite a variation in the cultural context (Hassaram, Robertson, & Garcia, 2019). “Reflections of an Ontario Student Teacher in...

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Main Author: Alexandra Gayowsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Windsor 2019-09-01
Series:Journal of Teaching and Learning
Online Access:https://jtl.uwindsor.ca/index.php/jtl/article/view/5993
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Summary:A new teacher in her initial teacher education (ITE) program is focused on curriculum content, classroom management and pedagogy, and this perspective does not change despite a variation in the cultural context (Hassaram, Robertson, & Garcia, 2019). “Reflections of an Ontario Student Teacher in Scotland” is a narrative of raw, qualitative reflexive data composed during a one-week period of ITE practice teaching placement in Northern Scotland (Clarà, Mauri, Colomina, & Onrubia, 2019). The English teacher-narrator identifies the language differences, comparative abilities in writing, and those one-on-one connections between student teacher and pupils that allow for a rewarding reciprocal learning experience in first year classroom management and teaching. 
ISSN:1911-8279