Lexington Books
Pages: 184
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Trim: 6¼ x 9
978-1-4985-8816-4 • Hardback • June 2019 • $90.00 • (£69.00)
978-1-4985-8817-1 • eBook • June 2019 • $85.50 • (£66.00)
Delane Bender-Slack is associate professor of literacy and program director for reading and TESOL in the School of Education at Xavier University.
Introduction, Delane Bender-Slack
Chapter One: Expanding Our Classrooms: A Rationale for Internationalization in Education, Delane Bender-Slack
Chapter Two: Constructivist Literacy Learning as a Vehicle for Developing Cultural Identity and Intercultural Competence , Jimmy McLean
Chapter Three: Money Makes the World Go ‘Round: High School Electives That Matter, Darius Powell with Angela Miller
Chapter Four: At the Core: Reflections on Building Relationships in Meaningful Contexts, Jen Bayless and Beth Rich
Chapter 5: Building a Foundation of Intercultural Competence in Preservice Content Teachers of English Learners, Jill Parker with Teresa Young
Chapter Six: Globalizing Education through the Arts, Nina I. Gettemy with Hannah Chai
Chapter Seven: Authenticity in Teaching International Literature, Julie Whalen with Lauren Angelone
Chapter Eight: A Theoretical Approach to Internationalizing Classrooms, Victoria Zascavage
Chapter Nine: Creating Internationally-Minded Global Educators: What Schools Can Do, Delane Bender-Slack
About the Contributors
As a result of an extensive experience in Peru made possible through a Fulbright-funded project, we gain insight into the growth and transition undergone by a team of teachers and teacher educators as they become more knowledgeable, skilled and globally-competent at understanding the intercultural dynamics at play students in teaching and learning across cultures. This volume provides further evidence of the critical role that firsthand immersion plays in the development of intercultural competence and how it can impact one’s teaching in both K-12 as well as teacher education contexts.
— Kenneth Cushner, Professor Emeritus of International and Intercultural Education, Kent State University; author of Teacher as Traveler
This book immerses readers into the stories of educators whose experiences in a global context challenged their understandings of culture and language and led them to make significant changes in their classrooms. The strength of this book is the invitation to join the journeys of these educators as they struggle with being outside their comfort zones and use that struggle to transform their teaching.
— Kathy G. Short, Professor, Teaching, Learning and Sociocultural Studies, College of Education, University of Arizonia; Director, Worlds of Words; Founder’s Endowed Chair of Global Children’s and Adolescent Literature