Date of Award

January 2019

Degree Type

Open Access Dissertation

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Education (EdD)

Department

Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

First Advisor

Sherwood Thompson

Department Affiliation

Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

Second Advisor

Norman W. Powell

Department Affiliation

Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

Third Advisor

Bill Phillips

Department Affiliation

Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

Abstract

This cross-comparative qualitative study included the analysis of teaching candidates who graduated in the Spring of 2019 and former students who graduated in the Spring of 2018 from the same rural Kentucky Independent Higher Education University. Each of the Spring 2018 participants were mostly current teachers who could reflect not only on their prior teacher preparation experience but also on their experience in working with English Language Learners as current teachers. Both sets of participants were divided among three groups. The first group of participants were those who had the opportunity to student-teach in a foreign country. The second group were students who may have participated in another global experience opportunity designed by their School of Education but did not student teach abroad. The final group of these participants included students who did not participate in global experience opportunities offered through their School of Education. Although a landmark study for this institution, the results of this study were intriguing. It was found in the third group, that although they may not have participated in global experience offered by their School of Education, many of them had other pertinent global experience to contribute to their level of cultural intelligence and to contribute to their work with English Language Learners.

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