SIG: Teacher Education and the Teaching Profession

Trang T.T Pham, University of Foreign Language and International Studies, Vietnam National University. PhD Candidate in Educational Leadership Program, Department of Education Policy Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

Analysis of the implementation of urban-rural teachers exchange policy in China - Yuhuan FENG, Graduate School of Education, Peking University

Incentives and disincentives to choose teaching as a profession: A conceptual framework - Trang T.T Pham, University of Foreign Language and International Studies, Vietnam National University. PhD Candidate in Educational Leadership Program, Department of Education Policy Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

Reforming Chinese Teacher education: Findings from Training Program of Multiple-Subject Elementary School Teachers” in Rural Northwestern China - Qiyun Wu, Qinghai Normal University (Tutor); Mi Zhou, Qinghai Normal University (Tutor); Hui Zhou, Qinghai Normal University (graduate student); Wenfan Yan, University of Massachusetts Boston

Implications of professional development for ESL teachers’ career advancement - Kamal Rohan Abeywickrama, PhD candidate, Department of Education, Deakin University, Australia