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This chapter first presents Siyuan’s cross-cultural experiences in Canada. Learning from others in his first year of teaching and encountering emerging tensions in his second year of teaching, Siyuan made a great effort to adapt to his school’s cultural focus on pursuing students’ academic excellence and connected to both a personal and global environment in his third year of teaching. Finally, this chapter depicts Siyuan’s determination to be an irreplaceable teacher in stories about moving forward.
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Some schools in China require the fourth year teacher candidates to have several months’ school placement in their fourth year of the pre-service program in their school.
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This Chinese metaphor (已经登天了) about climbing up to the sky means achieving the highest level beyond people’s expectation.
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Shifu (师傅) roughly translates to mentor and master.
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“Hong” (夯) means to push or pressure students to perform.
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It is a famous saying that means to lay a solid foundation, and the time will come for people to shine.
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“Hang Jiang” (夯匠) means teachers who are good at pushing students to study hard.
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Huang, J. (2018). Contemplating an Exit: Siyuan’s Narratives. In: Pre-Service Teacher Education and Induction in Southwest China. Intercultural Reciprocal Learning in Chinese and Western Education. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96478-2_5
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