Learning to be a culturally responsive teacher through international study trips: Transformation or tourism?

Teaching Education

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 309-322

  Santoro, Ninetta ^a   Major, Jae ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cultural diversity; international study trips; pedagogies of discomfort; pre service teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864665247     PISSN: 10476210     EISSN: 14701286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10476210.2012.685068     Document Type: Article

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