Developing Quality Teachers: International Insights From Europe, the United States, and Hong Kong

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium brings together research from varied national contexts into conversation regarding developing quality teachers across their careers. Specifically this body of work explores pre- and in-service teacher development as well as the standards of quality expected of teachers and educational leaders. We also share lessons learned from a four-nation study examining quality teaching. All together these studies generate a complex, nuanced and expansive portrait of quality teacher development across the stages of a teachers’ career and argue for the value of ongoing and expanded international research relationships that enhance the possibilities and opportunities to overcome the myriad challenges to quality teacher development across the globe.

Sub Unit

• Division K - Teaching and Teacher Education / Division K - Section 01: Teaching, Teacher Education and Professional Development in the Content Areas

Chair

• Kara Mitchell Viesca, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Papers

• Tracing the Quality From Selection to Graduation by Following Student Teachers' Achievement in Finland - Marko Lähteenmäki, University of Turku; Anu Warinowski, University of Turku

• Teacher Agency and Collaboration in U.S. In-Service Teacher Development - Kara Mitchell Viesca, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

• Shifting Conceptions of Teacher Development in Hong Kong: Redefining Quality - A. Lin Goodwin, The University of Hong Kong

• Observation of Pedagogical Excellence in Teachers Across Nations: Lessons Learned From a Four-Nation Study - Svenja Hammer, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Discussant

• Sarah Johanna Gravett, University of Johannesburg