naa a22 4500 510762875 CHVBK 20180411083145.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12186-012-9087-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12186-012-9087-8 The Development of Teachers' Intercultural Competence Using a Change Laboratory Method [Elektronische Daten] [Marianne Teräs, Johanna Lasonen] Immigration is an integral phenomenon of our globalising world. The increasing flow of people creates new challenges for educational institutions and workplaces. The purpose of this article is to address challenges that vocational teachers face with diversity at colleges and workplaces. Two research questions are addressed: how do teachers prepare immigrant students for working life? What challenges related to intercultural competence do teachers preparing immigrant students for working life face? The theoretical background lies in cultural-historical activity theory, developmental work research and in the concept of intercultural competence. The change laboratory method used in study is a formative intervention method evolved within developmental work research. The data comprised two change laboratories organised at the same vocational college in 2001 and 2011. The results showed that teachers' work with multicultural students and groups can be developed by following five perspectives: preparation, reflection, contribution, guidance and responding. Intercultural competence is constructed contextually and is intertwined with activities such as teaching, facilitating students' learning and cooperating with workplaces. The participants of the change laboratories experienced it as a good instrument for their intercultural work. Based on the results, some implications are suggested. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2012 Diversity nationallicence Vocational education and training nationallicence Intercultural competence nationallicence Change laboratory nationallicence Vocational teachers nationallicence Teräs Marianne Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Center for Activity, Development and Learning, University of Helsinki, Siltavuorenpenger 3A, P.O. Box 9, 00014, Helsinki, Finland aut Lasonen Johanna Department of Career, Adult and Higher Education, College of Education, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., EDU 105, 33620-5650, Tampa, FL, USA aut Vocations and Learning Springer Netherlands 6/1(2013-04-01), 107-134 1874-785X 6:1<107 2013 6 12186 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12186-012-9087-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12186-012-9087-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Teräs Marianne Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Center for Activity, Development and Learning, University of Helsinki, Siltavuorenpenger 3A, P.O. Box 9, 00014, Helsinki, Finland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lasonen Johanna Department of Career, Adult and Higher Education, College of Education, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., EDU 105, 33620-5650, Tampa, FL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Vocations and Learning Springer Netherlands 6/1(2013-04-01), 107-134 1874-785X 6:1<107 2013 6 12186 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer