Wang, Tianyi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8482-0828, Ramdeo, Janet ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2744-8572 and McLaughlin, Colleen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8603-8610 (2021) Experiencing and experimenting: an exploration of teacher agency in an international collaborative teacher professional development programme using experiential learning. Teaching and Teacher Education, 104:103389. ISSN 0742051X (Print), 1879-2480 (Online) (doi:10.1016/j.tate.2021.103389)

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Abstract

This paper investigated Chinese teachers' professional development in an experiential learning programme situated in a cross-cultural context and focused particularly on the role of teacher agency in the learning and localisation of foreign pedagogies. Analysis of interviews and classroom observations revealed the influence of experiential learning on deepening participants’ understanding of foreign experiences. It also highlighted the role of teachers as active agents in recontextualising overseas pedagogical practices in China, either by showing ambivalence towards changes or by developing transcultural pedagogies. The construction of their agency was related to their previous teaching experiences and learning of international perspectives on pedagogy.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	teacher agency, experiential learning, internationalisation of teacher education, teacher professional learning
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General) L Education > LB Theory and practice of education
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > School of Education (EDU)
Last Modified:	23 Jan 2026 15:57
URI:	https://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/52326

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