UPCOMING  EVENTS

  This session dives into the powerful, yet often invisible, influence of nonhuman elements—such as airports, unfamiliar summer camps, and everyday cultural objects—on the professional growth of pre-service English teachers during short sojourns. Drawing on real-life stories of disorientation, adaptation, and meaning-making, we will explore how encounters with these unfamiliar spaces and artifacts fundamentally shape a teacher's identity. Attendees will receive practical insights and reflection prompts to help students leverage place and material culture for deeper intercultural learning in global education. Join us to discover how the places we inhabit truly shape the teachers we become.