How do successful teacher education programmes deal with social, cultural and individual differences found within and between students, faculty and administrators? The aim of this work is to implicitly and explicitly explore these and related questions from an international perspective.

How do successful teacher education programmes deal with social, cultural and individual differences found within and between students, faculty and administrators? The aim of this work is to implicitly and explicitly explore these and related questions from an international perspective.

Students arrive in our classrooms with complex sociocultural histories that include family, cultural, physical, social, emotional, and priorlearning experiences. In order to be effective, schools must directly address these complex histories in meaningful, relevant and creativeways. The aim of this volume is to examine research on effective schooling from a sociocultural perspective - with a focus on developing thecapacities of diverse students in diverse educational contexts. The chapters in this volume cover a wide range of important topics as listedbelow

Students arrive in our classrooms with complex sociocultural histories that include family, cultural, physical, social, emotional, and priorlearning experiences. In order to be effective, schools must directly address these complex histories in meaningful, relevant and creativeways. The aim of this volume is to examine research on effective schooling from a sociocultural perspective - with a focus on developing thecapacities of diverse students in diverse educational contexts. The chapters in this volume cover a wide range of important topics as listedbelow.

The aim of this book series is to provide a much needed outlet for the wealth of cross-cultural research that has not impacted upon mainstream education. This particular volume is divided into four parts: the motivation context; the learning context; the family context; and the curriculum context.