Teachers’ work is influenced by teachers’ personal biographies. Key
experiences in this biography give insights in teachers’ personal interpretations,
which reflect what they think is “good education”. This study reports on student teachers’ and
new teachers’ personal interpretations in their teaching practice, during and
after an international teaching internship, and how this influences new teachers’
professional development. The international teaching experience interrupted
existing, familiar ways of thinking or acting and gave the beginning teachers a
new or different perspective on their teaching practice or the type of teacher
they want to become. The study also
explored how the interruption of an international in..