Sustainability of Teachers' International Experiences : Conditions for Institutionalization of International Program Outcomes
Author
Source
Education Research International
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-06-09
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Since World War II international exchange and training programs for educators have increasingly played an important role in developing prospective consciousness and awareness of cultural diversity and global interdependence among teachers.
However, international programs have always depended on extra educational factors such as political, ideological, cultural, or financial circumstances.
As a result, program sustainability and proper institutionalization of program's results that are a testimony of achieved success, are both matters of concern for program developers and alumni.
This paper identifies factors and contexts that facilitate sustainable development of international programs and institutionalization of their outcomes.
Two cohorts of international teacher program alumni from Russia and the United States were interviewed about the impact of exchange programs on participants' status and pedagogies.
The study demonstrated that respondents consider three factors, namely, motivational, administrative, and cooperative, most critical for the institutionalization of international program results.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Rapoport, Anatoli. 2011. Sustainability of Teachers' International Experiences : Conditions for Institutionalization of International Program Outcomes. Education Research International،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-483318
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Rapoport, Anatoli. Sustainability of Teachers' International Experiences : Conditions for Institutionalization of International Program Outcomes. Education Research International No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-483318
American Medical Association (AMA)
Rapoport, Anatoli. Sustainability of Teachers' International Experiences : Conditions for Institutionalization of International Program Outcomes. Education Research International. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-483318
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-483318