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Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: Course Syllabi in Faculties of Education: Bodies of Knowledge and Their Discontents, André Elias Mazawi and Michelle StackPart I Geopolitics of Knowledge
2. The Geopolitics of Knowledge and “the Abyssal Line”: Mapping Teacher Education Syllabi in Canada, Lynette Shultz, Maren Elfert, and CarrieKarsgaard
3. Comparing Course Syllabi from A to Z: Examining the Contexts, Contents, and Concerns for Social Foundations of Education in Australia and Zambia, Matthew A.M. Thomas, Janet Serenje-Chipindi,and Ferdinand Mwaka Chipindi
4. Islamization and Indigenization of Faculties of Education in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Golnar Mehran and Fariba AdliPart II Building “the House of Life”
5. Embodying Raven’s Knowledge in Indigenous Teacher Education, Jo-ann Archibald Q’um Q’um Xiiem
6. Leçons de Ténèbres: Colonialism and Political Struggles over Teacher Education among Palestinians, André Elias Mazawi
7. Decolonizing the Concept of Pedagogy of Discomfort in Classrooms, Curriculum, and Syllabi, Hartej Gill and Meena Uppal
8. Centering Indigenous and Decolonizing Pedagogy: The Complexities, Tension, and Possibilities of Doing Spirit Work in Teacher Education, Bathseba Opini and Erica NeeganagwedginPart III Intersectionalities in Context
9. Accreditation and the Standardization of Syllabi: Critical Reflections from the College of Education at Qatar University, Esraa Al-Muftahand Hadeel AlKhateeb
10. Student Diversity and Discrimination in Indian Higher Education: Curricula Transformation for Civic Learning, Nidhi S. Sabharwal
11. Thinking through a Course on Educational Technology and Ableism: Implications for Syllabus Design, Heidi Janz and Michelle StackPart IV Challenging Relations
12. An Existential Dimension of the Syllabus in the Life of a Teacher, Samuel D. Rocha
13. The Tension of “Othering” in Writing Course Syllabi in Saudi Arabia, Amani Hamdan
14. Mending the (Cartesian) Split: Reflections on Offering a Pedagogy of Wellness to Teacher Candidates, Stephanie Glick
15. Instructional Design and Pedagogy: Reconceptualizing Practices, Erica Neeganagwedgin and Bathseba Opini
16. Toward Provisional Conclusions: Intersections, Crossings, and Praxis: Syllabi and the Politics of Educational Articulation, Michelle Stack and André Elias Mazawi
Notes on Contributors
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