Knowledge, Policy and Practice in Teacher Education
A Cross-National Study
Published on 21. February 2019
Book
Hardback
328 pages
978-1-350-06868-1 (ISBN)
Description
Knowledge, Policy and Practice in Teacher Education reviews the evolution of education policy on initial teacher education as an indicator of the knowledge that is considered important for nation building. It also looks at research on approaches and structures to initial teacher learning as an indication of the intellectual and moral direction to which schooling must aspire.
Contributors look at these dynamics across a range of societies including Australia, the Czech Republic, England, Finland, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Russia, and the USA. Using a review of the literature approach within a comparative framework, the book seeks to answer the following questions for each country:
What has been the evolution of different approaches to learning to teach in each setting, and what factors have influenced change over the years?
What are the underlying theories that characterize past and current thinking about the knowledge, skills and dispositions needed by teachers and what evidence is used to support these theories?
What does a review on the state of the knowledge about teacher education over the past 30 years reveal about the evolution of the research and knowledge traditions that have supported current and past innovations in teacher education?
Maria Teresa Tatto and Ian Menter explore international variability in different conceptions of knowledge in the context of learning to teach and explore the way in which national and international influences interact in the developing trajectories of teacher education policy and practice, considering what knowledge is considered important for teachers to have.
Contributors look at these dynamics across a range of societies including Australia, the Czech Republic, England, Finland, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Russia, and the USA. Using a review of the literature approach within a comparative framework, the book seeks to answer the following questions for each country:
What has been the evolution of different approaches to learning to teach in each setting, and what factors have influenced change over the years?
What are the underlying theories that characterize past and current thinking about the knowledge, skills and dispositions needed by teachers and what evidence is used to support these theories?
What does a review on the state of the knowledge about teacher education over the past 30 years reveal about the evolution of the research and knowledge traditions that have supported current and past innovations in teacher education?
Maria Teresa Tatto and Ian Menter explore international variability in different conceptions of knowledge in the context of learning to teach and explore the way in which national and international influences interact in the developing trajectories of teacher education policy and practice, considering what knowledge is considered important for teachers to have.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
10 bw illus
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
630 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-350-06868-1 (9781350068681)
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Knowledge, Policy and Practice in Teacher Education
A Cross-National Study
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Persons
Maria Teresa Tatto is Southwest Borderlands Professor of Comparative Education in the Division of Educational Leadership and Innovation at Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University, USA. She is also Visiting Professor at Bath Spa University, UK, and Editor of Education Policy Analysis Archives.
Ian Menter is Emeritus Professor of Teacher Education at the University of Oxford, UK. He is also a Senior Research Associate in the Institute of Psychology and Education, Kazan Federal University, Russia.
Ian Menter is Emeritus Professor of Teacher Education at the University of Oxford, UK. He is also a Senior Research Associate in the Institute of Psychology and Education, Kazan Federal University, Russia.
Content
Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgements
Foreword, Felice J. Levine and Liesel Ebersoehn
Part I: Setting the Scene
1. Understanding Teacher Education Policy and Practice Cross-Nationally, Maria Teresa Tatto and Ian Menter
2. The Significance of Teacher Education, Maria Teresa Tatto and Ian Menter
Part II: Country Cases
3. Knowledge, Policy and Practice in Learning Teaching in Australia, Diane Mayer
4. Learning to Teach in the Czech Republic: Reviewing Policy and Research Trends, Jarmila Novotna
5. Learning to Teach in England: Reviewing Policy and Research Trends, Ian Menter, Trevor Mutton and Katharine Burn
6. Learning to Teach in Finland: Historical Contingency and Professional Autonomy, Janne Saentti and Jaakko Kauko
7. Learning to Teach in Hong Kong, Yuefeng Zhang
8. Learning to Teach in Israel: Reviewing Policy and Research Trends, Smadar Donitsa-Schmidt and Ruth Zuzovsky
9. Learning to Teach in Italy: Reviewing Policy and Research Trends, Monica E. Mincu
10. How Teachers Learn to Teach: The Impact of Teacher Reforms in Japan, Gerald LeTendre and Sakiko Ikoma
11. Institutional Transformations, Knowledge and Research Traditions in Teacher Education in Mexico: A Review, Maria Teresa Tatto and Ivet Parra-Gaete
12. Learning to Teach in Russia: A Review of Policy and Empirical Research, Roza A. Valeeva and Aydar M. Kalimullin
13. The Trajectory of Teacher Education in South Korea: A Review of Policy and Research, James Pippin and Eunjung Jin
14. Institutional Transformations, Knowledge and Research Traditions in US Teacher Education, Maria Teresa Tatto and Christopher M. Clark
Part III: Emergent Themes
15 Professional Knowledge and Theories of Teaching and Learning, Maria Teresa Tatto
16 The Interaction of Global and National Influences, Ian Menter
17 What Future for Teacher Education?, Ian Menter and Maria Teresa Tatto
Index
Acknowledgements
Foreword, Felice J. Levine and Liesel Ebersoehn
Part I: Setting the Scene
1. Understanding Teacher Education Policy and Practice Cross-Nationally, Maria Teresa Tatto and Ian Menter
2. The Significance of Teacher Education, Maria Teresa Tatto and Ian Menter
Part II: Country Cases
3. Knowledge, Policy and Practice in Learning Teaching in Australia, Diane Mayer
4. Learning to Teach in the Czech Republic: Reviewing Policy and Research Trends, Jarmila Novotna
5. Learning to Teach in England: Reviewing Policy and Research Trends, Ian Menter, Trevor Mutton and Katharine Burn
6. Learning to Teach in Finland: Historical Contingency and Professional Autonomy, Janne Saentti and Jaakko Kauko
7. Learning to Teach in Hong Kong, Yuefeng Zhang
8. Learning to Teach in Israel: Reviewing Policy and Research Trends, Smadar Donitsa-Schmidt and Ruth Zuzovsky
9. Learning to Teach in Italy: Reviewing Policy and Research Trends, Monica E. Mincu
10. How Teachers Learn to Teach: The Impact of Teacher Reforms in Japan, Gerald LeTendre and Sakiko Ikoma
11. Institutional Transformations, Knowledge and Research Traditions in Teacher Education in Mexico: A Review, Maria Teresa Tatto and Ivet Parra-Gaete
12. Learning to Teach in Russia: A Review of Policy and Empirical Research, Roza A. Valeeva and Aydar M. Kalimullin
13. The Trajectory of Teacher Education in South Korea: A Review of Policy and Research, James Pippin and Eunjung Jin
14. Institutional Transformations, Knowledge and Research Traditions in US Teacher Education, Maria Teresa Tatto and Christopher M. Clark
Part III: Emergent Themes
15 Professional Knowledge and Theories of Teaching and Learning, Maria Teresa Tatto
16 The Interaction of Global and National Influences, Ian Menter
17 What Future for Teacher Education?, Ian Menter and Maria Teresa Tatto
Index