Abstract

This research linked 47 Hong Kong and 35 Canadian teacher candidates in a new participatory culture project within the theoretical framework of new media literacies. This paper reports the qualitative data with quantitative descriptions of participants’ social interactivity within the cross-border communities of practice. Besides the constraints of the designated online forum, findings relate that participants’ engagement in the new participatory culture contributed to their knowledge- and awareness-building of harnessing online participation, new media technologies, and cultural/linguistic diversity in education. The paper concludes with implications of cultivating communities of practice buttressed by new media literacies for teacher professional development.

Citation

Zhang, Z., Li, J., Liu, F. & Miao, Z. (2016). Hong Kong and Canadian students experiencing a new participatory culture: A teacher professional training project undergirded by new media literacies. Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 59(1), 146-158. Elsevier Ltd. Retrieved September 23, 2023 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/202611/.

Keywords

• communities of practice
• New media literacies
• New participatory culture
• teacher education