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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Parker, Lana
• Xu, Shijing
• Chi, Chenkai

Titel

Chinese Preservice Teachers’ Perspectives of Mentoring Relationships in an International Learning Partnership

Ist Teil von

• Journal of teacher education, 2022-11, Vol.73 (5), p.525-537

Ort / Verlag

Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

Quelle

ERIC

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Mentoring is an essential fixture of teacher education. With growing opportunities for international learning exchanges, there is a need to better understand how cross-cultural mentoring can be characterized by reciprocal learning. This study investigated mentee perceptions of the mentoring relationship in an international, cross-cultural teacher education exchange. We conducted research among 19 Chinese preservice teachers who participated in an international teacher education exchange program, exploring their perspectives on the cross-cultural mentoring relationship and mutual learning. Our findings suggest that learning outcomes are improved in a mentoring relationship when there are strong relational ties, opportunities for reciprocal learning, and a greater awareness of cultural complexity. We contend that there is value in supporting the mentoring relationship directly, which has implications for both international exchanges and teacher education programs.