Section One: Organisation and structure of teacher education.- Chapter 1 Developing an understanding of teacher education.- Chapter 2 The history of initial teacher preparation in international contexts.- Chapter 3 Structure of teacher education.- Chapter 4Approaches to teacher education.- Chapter 5 Teacher education curriculum.- Chapter 6 The practicum - The place of experience?.- Chapter 7 Reform efforts in teacher education.- Section 2: Knowledge and practice of teacher education.- Chapter 8 Pedagogy of teacher education.- Chapter 9 Pedagogical content knowledge in teacher education.- Chapter 10 Pedagogical reasoning in teacher education.- Chapter 11 The place of subject matter knowledge in teacher education.- Chapter 12 Professionalising the teacher education: Evolution of a changing knowledge and policy landscape.- Chapter 13 Learning from research on beginning teachers.- Chapter 14 Teacher education as a moral endeavor.