This paper examines how Chinese (n = 11) and Spanish (n = 11) preservice teachers reflect on their learning-to-teach experiences during the teaching practicum period through the lenses of transformative learning theory and third space conceptualisation. Specifically, the authors adopted the five-stage transformative learning model and collected reflective journals from the participants. Framed by this model, the authors traced the Chinese and Spanish preservice teachers’ transformative professional learning experiences evidenced by (1) disorienting dilemma, (2) reflection and exploration of assumptions, (3) gaining confidence in a new role, (4) behaviour changes, and (5) integration of new perspectives. Implications for fostering a third space, namely hybridity and boundary-crossing between university and schools, during teaching practicum are discussed in this paper.
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“对话”是沟通人心的桥梁,没有对话就没有沟通,没有沟通也就没有教育。知识社会中的教师必须深刻认识”对话”的意涵与”对话教学”的价值,针对儿童实际展开有效的对话教学实践,借以培育每一个儿童的”对话力”。对话型教学的前提是对话与沟通,践行对话型教学的过程同时也是促进每一个教师成长的过程。
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