Developing Professional Consensus on the Teaching of Culture: Report on a Survey of Secondary and Postsecondary German Teachers

This article reports the results of a survey, conducted in fall 2009 on behalf of the American Association of Teachers of German (AATG), to explore German teachers' perceptions regarding their preparation in the area of culture teaching, what components they considered essential in developing c...

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Published in:Die Unterrichtspraxis 2010-09, Vol.43 (2), p.175-193
Main Authors: Schulz, Renate A., Ganz, Alexander
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cultural education
Language teachers
Literature
Nonnative languages
Reports on the Profession
Second language learning
Teacher surveys
Teachers
Teaching
Teaching methods
World language instruction
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Summary:This article reports the results of a survey, conducted in fall 2009 on behalf of the American Association of Teachers of German (AATG), to explore German teachers' perceptions regarding their preparation in the area of culture teaching, what components they considered essential in developing cultural understanding in their students, and what materials they found useful in developing cultural literacy in the German classroom. A two-part questionnaire, soliciting quantitative as well as qualitative data, was distributed electronically to 2500 AATG members. The response rate was 31%, including 469 respondents from the pre-collegiate levels and 277 respondents from the post-secondary level.
ISSN:0042-062X
1756-1221
DOI:10.1111/j.1756-1221.2010.00079.x