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From http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/global_learning/2014/03/myths_and_realities_of_international_field_experiences.html

Myths and Realities of International Field Experiences
by Caitlin Haugen
March 1, 2014

I often meet with teacher educators who express an interest in providing overseas student teaching opportunities, but find the barriers too great. They cite myriad challenges rendering these experiences unattainable.

As I listen to these challenges, I have started to see a pattern emerging of commonly cited barriers—most of which are viewed as impossible to overcome. Not so.

Over the last year, I have done research on international student teaching in the United States in order to get a better grasp on the availability of these programs and a better sense of how they operate.

I learned that many of the commonly perceived challenges are, in fact, overcome in institutions all over the country. These barriers are prevalent in the dialogue around internationalization of teacher education, but they are unfounded, so I have started to refer to them as myths.

Below I share and attempt to debunk some of the most common myths I have encountered to encourage more campuses to pursue these opportunities.

Read on at http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/global_learning/2014/03/myths_and_realities_of_international_field_experiences.html