I would synthesize the book's benefits into two main categories: perspectives and availability. In terms of the perspectives, the book provides the reader with an assortment of views on teacher education; some are innovative and inspiring, some are combined and synthesized, and some are updated and newly developed from canonical works. As for availability, all collected works appear online as part of the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education, which makes access convenient.
Jo Lampert is Professor of Education at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. Originally from Canada, she has over twenty-five years of experience in social justice education, Indigenous education, community-engagement, and teacher education, and is best known for her research on preparing teachers for high-poverty schools.