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- Title
Voices Unheard: Stories of Immigrant Teachers in Alberta.
- Authors
Janusch, Sandra
- Abstract
This paper presents the stories of four immigrant teachers as they endeavor to resume their teaching careers in Calgary, Alberta. The teachers in this study participated in a six-month professional bridging program in Calgary in 2008 in order to upgrade their professional knowledge and to meet Alberta certification requirements before seeking employment in local school boards. A narrative inquiry methodology was used and data was collected from a series of unstructured interviews over a two and a half year period from September 2008 until May 2011. Data from the interviews were compiled into individual narratives that chronicle experiences of professional transformation and acculturation. In a changing educational Alberta landscape that is becoming increasingly diverse, stories of internationally educated professionals are increasingly relevant, yet seldom found in the literature on teaching.
- Subjects
CANADA; EDUCATIONAL accreditation; CALGARY (Alta.). Board of Education; FOREIGN teachers; IMMIGRANTS; NARRATIVE inquiry (Research method); EMPLOYMENT; TRAINING
- Publication
Journal of International Migration & Integration, 2015, Vol 16, Issue 2, p299
- ISSN
1488-3473
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12134-014-0338-4