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Authors: Martha Hawkes Germain
ISBN-13: 9780897895729, ISBN-10: 089789572X
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated
Date Published: October 1998
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Martha Hawkes Germain

MARTHA HAWKES GERMAIN received her Ph.D. from Michigan State University.

Book Synopsis

First hand experiences of teachers who have lived and taught in Japan and China, and how this experience contributes to cultural understanding and better teaching.

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Germain taught secondary school for nearly three decades before being drawn into advocating for the internationalization of the curriculum. Here she presents her findings from two-years of in-depth interviews with six veteran teachers to understand how international study has affected their pedagogy. Her goal is to test the effectiveness of the existing general and special teacher training programs and to discover how they can be improved. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

	Preface: My Story
	Acknow1edgments
	Introduction
1	Crossing Borders: Opening Minds	1
2	Voice and Relationships	15
3	The Person, The Life: Why Go?	31
4	Creative Classrooms	55
5	"Only Connect"	87
6	Strangers in Strange Lands	119
7	Coming Home	145
8	Different as Teachers	165
9	Transformation	191
10	Reform	215
11	Recommendations	229
	Appendix: Recommendations Summary	247
	Bibliography	251
	Index	257