What is it about?
Experiential continuum means that present experiences are formed and influenced by previous experiences. We have explored how a previous international teaching experience influences the way newly qualified teachers perceive their current teaching practice and their professional self-understanding.
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Why is it important?
Various studies have shown that teaching is a profession where the person of the teacher matters. Teachers continously make subjective choices in the classroom. However, despite the fact that personal and moral teaching dimensions are considered to be important in teaching, educators still struggle with preparing future teachers for those aspects in teaching. Teachers are often unaware of their implicit personal or professional beliefs. This case-study shows how a previous international experience can raise new teachers' awareness of personal and moral dimensions in teaching.
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The reason why I wrote this article is that my students often mentioned how a stay abroad "changed them". From colleagues and others I heard similar stories. I wanted to understand what this "change" was, and found that personal and moral aspects were important in finding my answer. Hopefully this article will also be helpful for other educators and people interested in either transformational experiences or the particular influence an international experience can have on an aindividual.
Peter Mesker
Hogeschool Utrecht
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This page is a summary of: Experiential continuity: how newly qualified teachers’ past international teaching experiences influence their current personal interpretative framework, Professional Development in Education, July 2017, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/19415257.2017.1347806.
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