Dangerous practices: The practicum experiences of non-Indigenous pre-service teachers in remote communities

Dangerous practices: The practicum experiences of non-Indigenous pre-service teachers in remote communities Journal Article

International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations

• Author(s): Auld, Glenn, Dyer, Julie, Charles, Claire
• Published: 2016
• Volume: 41

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Abstract: his paper seeks to explore the risks of providing preservice teachers with professional experiences in remote communities. In particular this paper focuses on the risks associated with this kind of professional experience. Twelve pre-service teachers were interviewed whilst on a three-week practicum around Katherine and in Maningrida in the Northern Territory during 2012. The dangers outlined in this paper relate to the way their experiences continued to be mediated by stereotypes and perpetuating colonial practices. The pre-service teachers' limited understandings of Indigenous knowledges and languages are discussed before exploring the vexed issue of reverse culture shock that some of the participants identified when they returned home. The paper concludes by exploring the notion of "allies" as a way to negotiate the problematic nature of this work.

• Urls: https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1112386
• Keywords: Practicums, Rural Areas, Indigenous Populations, Culture Conflict, Risk, Preservice Teachers, Stereotypes, Foreign Policy, Interviews, Student Attitudes, Geographic Regions, Languages, Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Indigenous Knowledge