doi: 10.18178/ijiet.2018.8.2.1027
The Impact of Pedagogical Dissonance and Associated Resilience within a Foreign Sociocultural Context of Teaching Abroad
Boyd L. Bradbury
Abstract
Through the lenses of dissonance theory, resilience theory, and educational best practices, this study provides a thematic analysis of pedagogical experiences of teacher candidates within a South African school to examine what the researcher has termed pedagogical dissonance, pedagogical resilience, sociocultural dissonance, and sociocultural resilience. A thematic analysis of teacher candidates’ journals generated evidence of resilience to overcome dissonance within five categories related to pedagogy and a foreign sociocultural setting.
Keywords
- Pedagogical dissonance
- pedagogical resilience
- sociocultural dissonance
- sociocultural resilience
- teaching abroad
How to Cite
Boyd L. Bradbury, "The Impact of Pedagogical Dissonance and Associated Resilience within a Foreign Sociocultural Context of Teaching Abroad," International Journal of Information and Education Technology, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 161-165, 2018. https://doi.org/10.18178/ijiet.2018.8.2.1027
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Copyright © 2018 by the authors. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited (CC BY 4.0).