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Book SynopsisThe teacher's role is changing rapidly throughout the world. Traditional ways of working as a teacher are being challenged and teachers are faced with new areas of expertise they need to manage as educational professionals. These characteristics, challenges, and changes in the teacher’s role have been identified internationally and are both conceptual and practical. Teachers’ work now includes much more than teaching in classrooms and has expanded to designing new learning environments, collaboration and networking with others and mentoring colleagues. The Teacher’s Role in the Changing Globalizing World addresses the significance of considering these issues, researching them, and emphasising the importance of actively influencing and protecting the parameters of the teacher role.
Table of Contents1. Teacher’s Work in Changing Educational Contexts: Balancing the Role and the Person Auli Toom and Jukka Husu 2. The New Roles for Twenty-First-Century Teachers: Facilitator, Knowledge Broker, and Pedagogical Weaver Wing On Lee and Jennifer Pei-Ling Tan 3. Pedagogical Beliefs, Instructional Practices, and Opportunities for Professional Development of Teachers in Estonia Äli Leijen and Margus Pedaste 4. The Role of Teachers in the Finnish Educational System: High Professional Autonomy and Responsibility Hannele Niemi, Jari Lavonen, Arto Kallioniemi and Auli Toom 5. Dutch Teacher and Teacher Education Policies: Trends and Ambiguities Theo Wubbels and Jan van Tartwijk 6. Teacher Professional Development in Malta: Liberalizing the Way We Learn Christopher Bezzina 7. Teaching in the USA: Decentralization, Inequality, and Professional Autonomy Gerald K. LeTendre 8. Challenges and Solutions Faced by China’s Teachers in the Era of Globalization Gu Mingyuan 9. The Changing Roles of Teachers and Teacher Learning in the Twenty-First Century: The Singapore Story Ee-Ling Low 10. The Teaching Profession Amid Changes in the Educational Ecosystems Hannele Niemi, Auli Toom, Arto Kallioniemi and Jari Lavonen About the Contributors
