Learning to teach: cross-cultural internship teaching of a mainland Chinese Master's student in a Macao university

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作者
Luo, Lin [1 ]
Shao, Yanju [2 ]
机构
[1] City Univ Macau, Fac Educ, Macao SAR, Peoples R China
[2] City Univ Macau, Fac Humanities & Social Sci, Macao SAR, Peoples R China
来源
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY-AN ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL | 2022年 / 25卷 / 03期
关键词
Cross-cultural internship teaching; Student teacher; Academic adaptation; Macao SAR; HIGHER-EDUCATION; HONG-KONG; EXPERIENCES; ADAPTATION; IDENTITIES; LANGUAGE;
D O I
10.1108/PAP-06-2022-0071
中图分类号
D0 [政治学、政治理论];
学科分类号
0302 ; 030201 ;
摘要
PurposeThis paper examines the cross-cultural internship teaching experience of a mainland Chinese student of a Master's program on adult education in a Macao university.Design/methodology/approachUsing autobiography, the data were collected from the teaching journals, biographical notes, and deep reflections of the student teacher, tracking the whole process of cross-cultural internship teaching. The data were analyzed in a grounded way, by scrutinizing the process to overcome the difficulties and challenges encountered in the two-month internship teaching period.FindingsThree key themes were identified: (a) constructing relationship with mentor teacher as the key condition; (b) classroom interaction as an important influencing factor; (c) professional identity as the result of the learning-to-teach process. Furthermore, this paper reveals an adaptation process during the internship, where the student teacher went through three phases, namely, novice anxiety, adjustment, and ability acquisition.Originality/valueThis paper's analysis on the internship teaching experience reflecting practical issues in the process has extended the literature of academic adaptation in internship learning of non-local students. Based on this cross-cultural student case under the unique mainland China-Macao cross-border context, some suggestions are provided for university policy makers and educators in Macao.
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页码:279 / 292
页数:14
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