Indonesian Pre–Service Teachers’ Intercultural Awareness in SEA Teacher Project
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.211119.107How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Intercultural awareness; international teaching practicum; pre-service teachers
- Abstract
Intercultural awareness in international teaching experience is vital since differences in language, lifestyle, culture, and other factors influence how people act and adapt. The SEA Teacher or “Pre-Service Student Teacher Exchange in Southeast Asia” is a SEAMEO’s project designed to offer pre-service teachers from Southeast Asian universities the opportunity to provide teaching experience (practice) in schools in other Southeast Asian countries. This study investigates three Indonesian pre-service teachers’ intercultural experiences during the SEA teacher project. Therefore, the research used a qualitative method, particularly a descriptive study. The study’s data was drawn from open-ended questionnaires and interviews with participating students. This work was carried out at the 8th batch SEA Teacher Project as participants. The findings indicated there are participants’ intercultural experiences such as beliefs and religious dissimilarity, sexual orientation, cultural practice, language barrier, and psychological stress. And the participants have the ability of three levels of intercultural awareness.
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- © 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Venna Syifaa Nur Nazhafah AU - Achmad Bukhori Muslim PY - 2021 DA - 2021/11/21 TI - Indonesian Pre–Service Teachers’ Intercultural Awareness in SEA Teacher Project BT - Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 695 EP - 701 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211119.107 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.211119.107 ID - Nazhafah2021 ER -