Policy and Politics in Teacher Education : International Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9780415483384 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 192 str.

Furlong John

Opis

Over recent years, teacher supply and teacher quality have become significant policy issues in many countries around the world. The book brings together nine papers from leading academics in seven different countries to explore the complexities and contradictions of international trends.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  John Furlong, Marilyn Cochran-Smith and Marie Brennan  2. The new teacher education in the United States: directions forward  Marilyn Cochran-Smith  3. Teacher professionalism in Flemish policy on teacher education: a critical analysis of the decree on teacher education (2006) in Flanders (Belgium)  Maarten Simons and Geert Kelchtermans  4. Sites of contestation over teacher education in Australia  Marie Brennan and Sue Willis  5. Partnership, Policy and Politics: initial teacher education in England under new Labour  John Furlong, Olwen McNamara, Anne Campbell, John Howson and Sarah Lewis  6. Is small beautiful? policy making in teacher education in Scotland  Ian Menter and Moira Hulme  7. Contradictions and tensions in the place of teachers in educational reform: reflections on teacher preparation in the USA and Namibia  Ken Zeichner and Bekisizwe Ndimande  8. Instrumentalism and teacher education in the United States: an analysis of two national reports  Penelope M. Earley  9. 101 damnations: the persistence of criticism and the absence of evidence about teacher education in Australia  William Louden  10. Knowledge management, sustainable innovation and pre-service teacher education in Singapore  David Hogan and S. Gopinathan  11. More or better? The political and policy dilemmas of teacher professional development in Nigeria  David Johnson  12. Reconstructing Dominant Paradigms of Teacher Education: Possibilities for pedagogical transformation in Fiji  Katarina Tuinamuana  13. European Perspectives of Teacher Education and Training  John Sayer

O autorze

John Furlong is Director at the Department of Education, University of Oxford, UK.

Marilyn Cochran-Smith is John E. Cawthorne Chair in Teacher Education and Director of Doctoral Program in Curriculum and Instruction at the Lynch School of Education, Boston College, USA.

Marie Brennan is based at the School of Education, University of South Australia, Australia.