PREPARING TEACHERS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY by Xudong Zhu (Editor), Kenneth Zeichner (Editor) ( 9783642369698 )

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Title:

PREPARING TEACHERS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

By:

Xudong Zhu (Editor), Kenneth Zeichner (Editor)

Format:

Hardback

List price:	£109.99
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ISBN 10:

3642369693

ISBN 13:

9783642369698

Publisher:

SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN AND HEIDELBERG GMBH & CO. KG

Pub. date:

16 December, 2013

Edition:

2013 ed.

Series:

New Frontiers of Educational Research

Pages:

407

Description:

This book surveys challenges and dilemmas in teacher preparation faced by eastern countries, especially China, and western countries. The authors explore local factors, teacher education research, practice and policy, and offer insight on paths to improvement.

Synopsis:

This book addresses two main questions, namely how to prepare high-quality teachers in the 21st century and how the East and the West can learn from each other. It addresses the different challenges and dilemmas that eastern countries, especially China, and western countries are facing with regard to teacher education. We explore the question by examining teacher education research, practice and policy in different countries, identifying both common problems and country-specific challenges. We then try to find valuable experiences, theories and practice which can solve specific problems in the process of teacher education, also addressing how local and global factors impact it.In this regard, our approach does not strictly separate pre-service teacher education from teachers' in-service professional development, adopting an integrative perspective. Further, we believe the respective social and cultural contexts must also be taken into account. Lastly, we call for teachers' knowledge and individual character traits to be accounted for in the education of high-quality teachers.

Illustrations:

5 Illustrations, color; 5 Illustrations, black and white; XI, 407 p. 10

Publication:

Germany

Imprint:

Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K

Returns:

Returnable

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