Naslov
Challenges and Opportunities of Croatian EFL Teachers’ Continuous Professional Development for Intercultural Dialogue
(Challenges and Opportunities of Croatian EFL Teachers’ Continuous Professional Development)

Autori
Butković, Matea ; Čepić, Renata

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
10th International Conference the Future of Education – Virtual Edition / Pixel - Bolonja : FILODIRITTO Editore/ Publisher, 2020, 530-536

ISBN
978-88-85813-87-8

Skup
10th International Conference - The Future of Education

Mjesto i datum
Firenca, Italija, 18.06.2020. - 19.06.2020

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Ostalo

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
intercultural education, teachers’ professional development, foreign language, pluralism

Sažetak
With the growing emphasis on the need for an intercultural approach to modern education [1, 2] and the pedagogy of intercultural competence [3], twenty-first century EFL teachers are no longer expected to merely transmit factual information about the target culture ; they have assumed the role of a cultural facilitator or mediator through the learning process [4]. This comes as no surprise given that language is an inseparable part of culture. In the Republic of Croatia, [5] presumes a high level of teacher competences and their ability to effectively utilize a range of methods and teaching aids in order to successfully organize the educational process. However, while the need to implement the fundamental tenets of intercultural education across subject curricula and the emphasis on the role of teachers have become the focus of much scholarly effort [6, 7, 8, 9], teachers would benefit from additional encouragement in fostering both their own and their students’ intercultural competences. Therefore, this paper aims to provide an insight into the challenges of intercultural education and opportunities of continuous professional development of EFL teachers that encourage a positive classroom atmosphere and facilitate risk-taking, self-reflexion, and development of respect for cultural differences as well as an open and constructive intercultural dialogue.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Pedagogija, Interdisciplinarne humanističke znanosti, Obrazovne znanosti (psihologija odgoja i obrazovanja, sociologija obrazovanja, politologija obrazovanja, ekonomika obrazovanja, antropologija obrazovanja, neuroznanost i rano učenje, pedagoške discipline)

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