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International Teacher Education

International Teacher Education

Promising Pedagogies

by Cheryl J. Craig and Lily Orland-Barak
Hardback
Publication Date: 02/12/2014

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To this point in time, teacher education has been approached in mostly insular ways because it is largely driven by state and national education policies. However, the spread of the global economy and the increased stature of international comparison tests (i.e., TIMSS) has changed all that. All countries in the world understand that education is vital to human and economic prosperity and that teacher education unavoidably is implicated. But the snag is this: political forces shaping public opinion in individual nations (particularly the U.S.) are deeply divided concerning how teacher education should proceed. This book acknowledges this Achilles heel tension, but does not become weighed down by it. Instead, it focuses on 'the practical' (Schwab, 1969), matters that have been locally deliberated and enacted. Pedagogies are named, origins (cultural/practical/theoretical/policy roots) are traced and a live example of the pedagogy unfurling in the local setting is presented from an insider-view. After that, the conditions necessary for the pedagogy to be transported successfully to another international location are discussed.
ISBN:
9781784411367
9781784411367
Category:
Teaching skills & techniques
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
02-12-2014
Publisher:
Emerald Publishing Limited
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
300
Dimensions (mm):
229x152x41mm
Weight:
0.84kg

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