Internationalization of Teacher Education and the Nation State: Rethinking Nationalization in Singapore

ISBN-13: 9780367227043 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 242 str.

Rita Z. Nazeer-Ikeda

Opis

This book argues that although contemporary demands on teacher education have intensified the need for internationalization, internationalization and teacher education have a deep and complex relationship, which is context dependent and that has developed differently over time.

Spis treści

Introduction  Section One: Internationalization of Teacher Education and the Nation State 1 The national discourse in teacher education 2 Unsustainability of an overly national discourse in teacher education 3 Reforming teacher education in the twenty-first century Section Two: Internationalization of Teacher Education in Singapore 4 Education and teacher education in Singapore as a high-performing school system 5 Imperatives driving the internationalization of teacher education in Singapore 6 Forms of localization-internationalization in Singapore’s teacher education 7 Barriers and risks in the internationalization of teacher education Section Three: Rethinking Nationalization in Singapore and Beyond 8 Nurturing international-minded teachers for national interest 9 Creating a new narrative in the nationalization of teacher education