Chapter 5: Teaching Social Justice Within Other Communities: Study Abroad Coordinators’ Perspectives on the Impacts of Community Practice in Honduras, India, and Tanzania

This chapter examines the perspectives of three study abroad coordinators from the same university who coordinate three different short-term study abroad programs in Honduras, India, and Tanzania. In this reflective chapter, the author discusses the evaluation of each study abroad program from the coordinators’ perspectives and explores the reflections of coordinators about how community of practices in Honduras, India, and Tanzania importantly affect the understanding the relationship between society and education. This study exemplifies qualitative research and includes interviews of three study abroad program coordinators in a college of education where most of the students are White, conservative, and lacking in international experiences. The findings of this study suggest that international teaching experiences that require community of practice in different educational settings accommodate meaningful experiences to help understand critical issues in education such as race, class, language, and social justice.