New Teacher Education for the Future: International Perspectives

 

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New Teacher Education for the Future: International Perspectives
is a publication jointly published by The Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd) and the Kluwer Academic Publishers (The Netherlands). This 550-page edited volume, with 20 chapters prepared by 26 scholars from different countries, is to offer new perspectives, insights, experiences, and lessons from different parts of the world, which, together, form a fruitful basis to support our ongoing efforts to reform and redevelop teacher education.

These chapters serve to provide readers with an international understanding of, firstly, how researchers and practitioners in different countries are addressing some essential issues of and/or initiatives in teacher education and development; secondly, what they have found from their basic or applied research; and thirdly, what the implications are, of which are crucial to coping with the challenges, both present and future, from the ongoing developments in teacher education.

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Editors
Edited by Yin Cheong CHENG, King Wai CHOW, and Kwok Tung TSUI

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ISBN
962 949 058 7 (Paperback)
962 949 069 2 (Hardbound)

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Table of Contents

Preface

PART I Introduction

1 In Search of a New Teacher Education: International Perspectives
Yin Cheong CHENG, King Wai CHOW, and Kwok Tung TSUI

PART II New Perspectives in Teacher Education and Development

2 New Education and New Teacher Education: A Paradigm Shift for the Future
Yin Cheong CHENG
   
3 The Missing Foundation of Teacher Education
Maurice GALTON
   
4 The Changing Nature of Teachers' Professionalism in a Changing World
Andy HARGREAVES
   
5 Teacher Self Learning in a Networked Environment
Magdalena Mo Ching MOK and Yin Cheong CHENG

PART III Reform and Development of Teacher Education

6 Educational Reform, Schooling, and Teacher Education in Hong Kong
John ELLIOTT and Paul MORRIS
   
7 Challenges of Contemporary Educational Reforms to Teacher Education:
The Case of Hong Kong
King Chee PANG
   
8 From Government-controlled to Market-driven:
The Case of Thailand's In-service Teacher Development
Kriengsak CHAREONWONGSAK
   
9 The Professional Preparation of Teachers:
The Australian Experience in Establishing a Standard
Barbara PRESTON
   
10 The Changing Face of Initial Secondary Teacher Education in England
(1984-1998)
Richard APLIN
   
11 Constructing a Constructivist Teacher Education: A Taiwan Experience
Sharon Hsiao Lan CHEN
   
12 Developments in Teacher Education in the Asia-Pacific:
Issues and Prospects towards the 21st Century
Rupert MACLEAN
   

PART IV Innovation and Reflection on Teacher Education Practice

13 The Teacher in Chinese Culture: Learning from the Narratives of Influential Teachers
Ruth HAYHOE
   
14 Rationalizing the Japanese In-service Teacher Training:
A Case of Effective Strategy Formulation and Implementation
Maria Natividad LOPEZ TINAJERO
   
15 Client-based In-service Education and Training: From South Africa with Lessons
Alex Mulalo MUTSHEKWANE
   
16 Secondary Education, School Effectiveness, and Teacher Development:
China and Belgium in Comparison
He-chuan SUN and Rob de JONG
   
17 Professional Development, Management Training, and School Improvement:
An Experience of Innovation
Ken FOSTER
   
18 Educator Attachment for Professional Development:
A Hong Kong Experience
Angela Hing Man MOK-CHEUNG and Alice Wai Kwan CHOW
   
19 Enhancing Reflective and Critical Thinking Skills:
Semantic Mapping as A Strategy in Teacher Education
Audrey Swee Eng LIM, Doris Pui Wah CHAN-CHENG,
Michelle Mei Seung LAM, and So Fong NGAN
   
20 Tertiary Learning: The Case of Student Teachers in Self-research
Victor FORRESTER
   

 

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