{"product_id":"international-perspectives-on-teacher-education-9780415711807","title":"International Perspectives on Teacher Education","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores major factors impacting on teacher education in recent times. It uses examples from a broad range of international contributors who compare larger countries such as the USA, England and Australia with their smaller partners: Canada, Scotland and New Zealand, demonstrating the substantial differences existent in all three cases. They also contrast the approaches of the countries that are members of the European Union with those that are not and discuss the special circumstances of developing countries, using Malawi as a case study. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe international dimension of the book allows it to address the impact of globalisation on teacher education, with attention given to subjects such as the implications of rapid technological change, the movement of teachers and students on a global level and the drive to improve standards in various parts of the world. The book asks key questions, such as whether teaching is a craft or a profession and whether teacher educators v\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Teacher education: an international perspective \u003ci\u003eTony Townsend \u003c\/i\u003e2. Education of teachers: the English experience \u003ci\u003eJohn MacBeath \u003c\/i\u003e3. Teacher education reform in Scotland: national and global influences \u003ci\u003eIan Menter and Moira Hulme \u003c\/i\u003e4. Teacher education in the United States of America, 2011 \u003ci\u003eDavid Imig, Donna Wiseman and Scott Imig \u003c\/i\u003e5. Teacher education in Canada \u003ci\u003eShirley Van Nuland \u003c\/i\u003e6. Australian teacher education reforms: reinforcing the problem or providing a solution? \u003ci\u003eJames O’Meara \u003c\/i\u003e7. Teacher education in New Zealand \u003ci\u003eFiona Ell \u003c\/i\u003e8. Teacher education reform and challenges in Norway \u003ci\u003eElaine Munthe, Kari-Anne Svensen Malmo and Magne Rogne \u003c\/i\u003e9. Teacher training in France in the early 2010s \u003ci\u003eGuy Lapostolle and Thierry Chevaillier \u003c\/i\u003e10. Curriculum of initial teacher education in Portugal: new contexts, old Problems \u003ci\u003eMaria Assunção Flores \u003c\/i\u003e11. National and local sources of power: important considerations for teacher education reforms in rural Malawi \u003ci\u003eJacqueline Chazema and James O’Meara \u003c\/i\u003e12. Searching high and searching low, searching east and searching west: looking for trust in teacher education \u003ci\u003eTony Townsend\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018187080023,"sku":"9780415711807","price":82.64,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415711807.jpg?v=1750775947","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/international-perspectives-on-teacher-education-9780415711807","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}