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Venturing Forth with Unsure Footing: Why Social Studies Teacher Education Students Should Have Access to Overseas Experiences.

Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 01/10/2013 - 4:23pm

While teacher education programs struggle to broaden students’ world view, abroad experiences may hold a key to increasing global awareness through concentrated contact with dissimilar peoples, lifestyles and ideas.

Presenters:

Karen Burgard, Ph.D., Franklin College, Franklin, IN; Michael Boucher, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN

session id:

Fez2013 [1]
Global Awareness [2]
Higher Education [3]

Source URL: http://www.socialstudies.org/conference/sessions/venturing_forth_with_unsure_footing_why_social_studies_teacher_education_student

Links:
[1] http://www.socialstudies.org/fez2013
[2] http://www.socialstudies.org/global_awareness
[3] http://www.socialstudies.org/higher_education