“What hypocrites!”

Interactions between Japanese international and white domestic students in a U.S. teacher education programme

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ID21694635
AuthorsYukari Takimoto Amos (0000-0002-1542-1591, Central Washington University, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume49
Issue2
Pages148-162
Publication date2021-03-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAsia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1359-866X • E-ISSN: 1469-2945
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1359866x.2020.1756220
OpenAlexW3016956361
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited22

This two-year-long qualitative study investigated how white teacher candidates at a U.S. university interacted with two international teacher candidates from Japan. Findings reveal that the participants stopped interacting with their white peers because the interactions did not occur on equal grounds, and they disliked the fact that they were always positioned as lower and subordinate. The participants were resistant to the new power relations in which they were embedded. Ironically, the more the participants withdrew, the more solid the power hierarchy became as it proved their inferiority from the perspective of their white peers. The study ends with strategic suggestions for creating more meaningful interactions between domestic and international students

Art · Hierarchy · Pedagogy · Political science · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · White paper · Critical Race Theory in Education · Global Education and Multiculturalism · International Student and Expatriate Challenges · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology

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