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Title: Expanding Professional Practice for Pre-Service Teachers through Online International Engagement
Language: English
Authors: Rhonda Di Biase, Katrina Burge, Sarah Baldacchino, Ann Dongyu Gu
Source: Australian Journal of Teacher Education. 2026 51(1):1-15.
Availability: Edith Cowan University. Bradford Street, Mount Lawley, West Australia 6050, Australia. Web site: http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 16
Publication Date: 2026
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Elementary Education
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Professional Development, Electronic Learning, International Cooperation, Teacher Education Programs, Preservice Teacher Education, Story Telling, Literacy, Intercultural Communication, Videoconferencing, Virtual Classrooms, Graduate Students, Learning Experience, Foreign Countries, Educational Opportunities, Online Courses, Cultural Influences, Elementary School Students, Elementary Education, Computer Mediated Communication, Childrens Literature
Geographic Terms: Australia, Maldives, India, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Africa, Fiji, Chile
ISSN: 0313-5373
1835-517X
Abstract: This study investigated the professional learning of pre-service teachers (PSTs) involved in an international online project, known as the International Literacy Project, that evolved during the COVID-19 pandemic. The project promotes international engagement across diverse sites, with sessions in classes centred around storytelling and story-making across a range of countries. Using vignettes, the study explored how involvement in the project presented additional opportunities for personal and professional learning for the PSTs through interacting with the diverse international settings. We considered the learning opportunities from such international online engagement, the usefulness of expanded opportunities for professional practice and how Zoom enabled exposure to classrooms across multiple international sites. Such online international engagement provides valuable opportunities for wider professional learning alongside the mandated placements including how to work more effectively in culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms and questioning assumptions about what constitutes a good education.
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