Teacher Education and the Challenge of Development: A Global Analysis

ISBN-13: 9780415600712 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 272 str.

Bob Moon

Opis

This book will be of interest to educationalists and researchers in education, teachers, policy makers and students of development courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Spis treści

Dedication.  Contributors.  Preface.  Acknowledgements  Section 1: International Dilemmas in Teacher Education and Development  Introduction  1. Teachers and the Development Agenda: An Introduction  2. The Context for Teacher Education in Developing Countries  3. A Sisyphean Complex? Economic and Cost Constraints in Filling Teacher Quantity and Quality Gaps  Section 2: Addressing the Teacher Challenge in Large Population Countries  Introduction  4. China: Strengthening the Quality of Teacher Education in Rural Communities  5. India: Committing to Change  6. Nigeria: Balancing Federal and Local Initiatives  7. Brazil: Building National Regulatory Frameworks  Section 3: Teacher Quality and Good Quality Teaching  Introduction  8. Professional Development and Female Teacher Morale in Rural Communities  9. Investigating Teacher Capabilities in Tanzanian Primary Schools  10. The Lived Experience of Women Teachers in Karachi  11. How Teachers’ Pedagogic Practice Influences Learner Achievements: A Study from the Punjab, Pakistan  12. Pedagogical Renewal and Teacher Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and Promising Paths  Section 4: New Strategies for Teacher Education and Teacher Development  Introduction  13. New Modes of Teacher Pre-Service Training and Professional Development  14. The ‘New’ New Technology: Exploiting the Potential of Mobile Communications and Open Educational Resources  15. Reorientating the Agenda around Teacher Education and Development.  References

O autorze

Bob Moon has published extensively in the fields of curriculum, teacher education, school reform and international education. Over the last two decades he has had direct experience of leading major projects in the field of teacher education, most notably in Sub-Saharan Africa. He has also acted as an advisor to many national governments and international organisations such as OECD, DfID, UNESCO and the World Bank.