Teacher Education in the English-Speaking World

Anglický jazyk

Teacher Education in the English-Speaking World

Vydavateľstvo: Information Age Publishing
Rok vydania: 2008
Formát: Hardback
Rozmer: 240 x 161 mm
Jazyk: Anglický jazyk
ISBN: 9781593119010

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O knihe

This edited book is a comparative study on teacher education across ten major Englishspeaking
regions of the world (USA, English Canada, England and Wales, Scotland,
Ireland, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand). The focus on
individual regions is reflective of a comparative approach with a long tradition going
back to the turn of the twentieth century. This approach is still valid at the present time as
it provides one of the best ways of initially structuring our understanding of teacher
education at the macro level in order to facilitate communication of the situation crossnationally
and prepare the way for higher levels of analyses. To this end, the book has
twelve chapters: An introductory chapter details the focus of the book. This is followed
by a chapter on each of the ten regions. Each of these chapters, written by an expert in the
field:
focuses on general trends in teacher education rather than on any specific aspect of it;
focuses primarily on pre-service teacher education at the primary and post-primary levels, although some reference
is also made to continuing professional development;
strikes a balance between past, present and future trends;
deals broadly with access to, the processes involved in, and the structure of, teacher education;
has a unique structure rather than one based upon a formulaic approach.
In the final chapter major themes are distilled from the case studies. It also outlines how the book furthers understanding of
teacher education internationally, considers other groupings of regions ripe for
consideration along similar lines, and indicates initiatives arising out of the case
studies worthy of consideration for the improvement of teacher education crossnationally.