Comparative Studies in Teacher Education

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

In this world where migration, inequality, climate change, political upheavals and strife continue to be manifest in many locations around the world, governments and scholars alike are increasingly considering what role education systems can play in achieving stability and managed sustainable economic development. With the growing awareness that the quality of education is very closely related to the quality of teachers and teaching, teacher education has moved into a key strategic location in international debate and discussion. This symposium examines the scholarship of teacher education using an inclusive comparative approach across global and transnational contexts seeking to identify important trends and gaps and to contribute to a future agenda for the field.

Sub Unit

• World Education Research Association

Chair

• Maria Teresa Tatto, Arizona State University - Tempe

Papers

• A Cross-National Analysis of Organizational Resources and Structures for Supporting Teachers' Professional Learning - Motoko Akiba, Florida State University

• Spatial Perspectives on Teacher Education - Clare Brooks, UCL Institute of Education

• Mobilising Policy to Reframe Teacher Education in Europe: Pushing Crisis Response Toward Sustainable Transformation - Conor Galvin, University College Dublin

• The Current State of Teacher Training in Latin America - Ernesto Schiefelbein, Universidad Autonoma de Chile; Noel McGinn

• Intercultural Education: The Training of Teachers for Inclusion - Sylvia Schmelkes, Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México

Discussant

• Ian Menter, University of Oxford