Overview
- Examines policy, research, and practice-related issues in teacher education across national borders
- Highlights international initiatives and innovations in teacher education policy and practice that reflect 21st-century capabilities
- Contributes to a reassessment of teacher identities, practices and positioning in the context of globalisation
- Prioritises equity and social justice in teacher education policies and practices around the globe
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
Keywords
- teacher identities and globalisation
- teacher practices and globalisation
- teacher education and globalisation
- teacher education research and globalisation
- higher education in initial teacher education
- teacher preparation programmes
- teacher education policy
- teacher education in 21st century
- international initiatives in teacher education
- innovations in teacher education
- teacher education and communities
- equity and social justice in teacher education
- teacher education curriculum development
- teacher positioning and globalisation
- reshaping teacher identities, practices and positioning
- professional development programs and evaluation
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Colette Alexander is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Education, Australian Catholic University. She is an experienced teacher educator who has worked with both preservice and practicing teachers at public and private institutions. Her current research and teaching areas focus on research methodology, policy and assessment. Colette is the Project Lead for the implementation of the Graduate Teacher Performance Assessment (GTPA) at the School of Education, andis an early career researcher working with the Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education (ILSTE).
Tania Aspland is a Professor of Teacher Education who provides high-level advice on teacher education, governance and policy. She is the President of the Australian Council of Deans of Education and a member of various boards for the Australian government. She also works closely with government directors and leaders of school education, private providers, and the Catholic and independent sectors.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Teacher Education in Globalised Times
Book Subtitle: Local Responses in Action
Editors: Jillian Fox, Colette Alexander, Tania Aspland
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4124-7
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-4123-0Published: 13 May 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-4126-1Published: 13 May 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-4124-7Published: 12 May 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 385
Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations, 25 illustrations in colour
Topics: Teaching and Teacher Education, Educational Policy and Politics, Professional & Vocational Education, Education Policy, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Education