“They Have It Better There”:Chinese Immigrant Teachers’Beliefs,Ideologies and Imaginaries in Cross-National Comparisons  

作　　者：Haiqin LIU Fred DERVIN Huiling XU Robyn MOLONEY 

机构地区：[1]Faculty of Educational Sciences,University of Helsinki,Helsinki 00014,Finland [2]Faculty of Arts,Macquarie University,Sydney 2109,Australia [3]Department of Educational Studies,Macquarie University,Sydney 2109,Australia

出　　处：《Frontiers of Education in China》2019年第3期453-479,共27页中国高等学校学术文摘·教育学（英文）

摘　　要：This paper was written in response to a growing need to address the perceptions and experiences of immigrant teachers.Based on a critical intercultural theoretical perspective,which moves beyond typical“culture shock”and“adaptation”models of understanding and explaining immigrants’experiences,this paper makes use of the concepts of teacher beliefs,ideologies and imaginaries(Holliday,2010)in considering how Finland-based Chinese immigrant teachers perceive the position of being teachers of Chinese in Finland and Australia.An analysis of data from group discussions during a teacher training workshop indicates that these teachers constructed a“utopia”(Australia)and“dystopia”(Finland)of Chinese language teaching,and reveals that multiple factors have influenced these immigrant teachers’perceptions and experiences.Findings provide information for teacher educators and stakeholders to better understand and support immigrant teachers from various linguistic and cultural backgrounds.

关 键 词：Chinese immigrant teachers professional development discourses teachers’beliefs IDEOLOGIES imaginaries 

分 类 号：H31[语言文字—英语]