Intercultural Education Professional Development in teacher education programs and in-service programs

Objectives:

•The objective this study is to explore the perspectives of in-service instructor’s and teacher educator perspectives of intercultural education. A secondary objective is to understand the intercultural professional development of in-service teachers in the Faculty of Education at Nelson Mandela University and to examine teacher education programs and their practices related to intercultural education.

The expected outcomes of the study are:

• To gain an understanding of current practices of initial and in-service professional development for post-secondary teachers in the Faculty of Education at Nelson Mandela University and if intercultural education is a regular practice.

• To gain an understanding of in-service instructors perspectives of intercultural education

• To gain an understanding of teacher educators perspectives of intercultural education

• To provide recommendations and implications on the intercultural training of teachers in both initial teacher education and in-service training based on the findings.

Faculty Supervisor:

Ian Winchester

Student:

Partner:

Nelson Mandela University

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education; Public Service, Policy, and Governance; Other

University:

University of Calgary

Program: