Issues, Trends, and Concerns in Teacher Education: International Perspectives Drawn From the Research in the International Handbook of Teacher Education

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

This symposium offers insights into international research on teaching and teacher education. Presenters from Australia, Chile, Canada, Israel, Norway, the United States and Portugal will share their insights into the research underpinning the issues, trends and concerns in teaching and teacher education internationally. Presentations will explore four specific topics important to teacher education work; each will be introduced from an international perspective, followed by a country specific example that examines an aspect of the topic in detail. At a time when teacher education is increasingly under scrutiny, the international context is crucial to informing understandings of not only the issues buffeting teaching and teacher education, but also to shaping the nature of responses to the situation.

Sub Unit

• Division K - Teaching and Teacher Education

Chair

• Mary Lynn Hamilton, The University of Kansas

Papers

• The Complexities of Teaching and Teacher Education - Cheryl J. Craig, University of Houston; Maria A. Flores, Minho University

• Knowledge and Practice of Teacher Education - Diane E. Mayer, The University of Sydney; Beatrice Avalos, Universidad de Chile

• Teacher Educators - J. John Loughran, Monash University; Lily Orland-Barak, University of Haifa

• Students of Teaching - Kari Smith, Norwegian University of Science and Technology; Shawn M. Bullock, Simon Fraser University

Discussants

• Tom Russell, Queens University

• Clare Kosnik, University of Toronto/OISE