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Handbook of teacher education : globalization, standards and
professionalism in times of change
Edited by Tony Townsend and Richard Bates
Dordrecht : Springer, 2007
ISBN: 9781402047725
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Book description
This book provides an international review of the current state
of teacher education, with chapters from an international group of teacher
educators. It focuses on major issues that are confronting teacher educators
now and in the next decade. These include the impact of globalization on the
profession of teaching, and how teacher education must deal with changing
accountability requirements from governments and establish a set of minimum
standards acceptable to enable a person to teach.
The work also considers aspects of the three major phases of teacher
education: the period prior to commencing in the profession, successful
induction into the profession, and the ongoing professional development of
teachers. Finally, it identifies ways in which new technologies can be used
to improve the training and ongoing development of teachers. Cases from
different countries are used to provide a rich base of data to help us
understand how the profession is moving onwards.
About the author
Tony Townsend is Professor and Chair of the Department
Educational Leadership in the College of Education at Florida Atlantic
University, in Boca Raton, Florida. Previously, he was in the
Faculty of Education at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Richard Bates is Professor of Education in the Faculty of
Education at Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia. |
