Policy and Politics in Teacher Education

Over recent years, teacher supply and teacher quality have become significant policy issues in many countries around the world. The book brings together nine papers from leading academics in seven different countries to explore the complexities and contradictions of international trends.

1. Introduction John Furlong, Marilyn Cochran-Smith and Marie Brennan 2. The new teacher education in the United States: directions forward Marilyn Cochran-Smith 3. Teacher professionalism in Flemish policy on teacher education: a critical analysis of the decree on teacher education (2006) in Flanders (Belgium) Maarten Simons and Geert Kelchtermans 4. Sites of contestation over teacher education in Australia Marie Brennan and Sue Willis 5. Partnership, Policy and Politics: initial teacher education in England under new Labour John Furlong, Olwen McNamara, Anne Campbell, John Howson and Sarah Lewis 6. Is small beautiful? policy making in teacher education in Scotland Ian Menter and Moira Hulme 7. Contradictions and tensions in the place of teachers in educational reform: reflections on teacher preparation in the USA and Namibia Ken Zeichner and Bekisizwe Ndimande 8. Instrumentalism and teacher education in the United States: an analysis of two national reports Penelope M. Earley 9. 101 damnations: the persistence of criticism and the absence of evidence about teacher education in Australia William Louden 10. Knowledge management, sustainable innovation and pre-service teacher education in Singapore David Hogan and S. Gopinathan 11. More or better? The political and policy dilemmas of teacher professional development in Nigeria David Johnson 12. Reconstructing Dominant Paradigms of Teacher Education: Possibilities for pedagogical transformation in Fiji Katarina Tuinamuana 13. European Perspectives of Teacher Education and Training John Sayer