This book examines teacher education from an intercultural perspective. Giving voice to teacher educators across the globe, the editors draw together authoritative cross-cultural accounts of teacher education, and what educators themselves consider to be salient themes in the preparation and progression of teachers. The book asks, and answers, the question of what exactly constitutes teacher education and development. Including case studies from five continents and 21 countries, the volume focuses on less on similarities and differences across contexts of teacher education, and more on what can be learnt from examining teacher education and development across different geographic locales.
Christine Callender is Lecturer in Education at UCL Institute of Education, UK. She has worked in schools, colleges and in the higher education sector for over 20 years and has undertaken consultancies nationally and internationally. Joanna Madaliska-Michalak is Head of Department of Teaching and Pedeutology and Professor of Education at the Faculty of Education, University of Warsaw, Poland. She is President of the Polish Educational Research Association (Polskie Towarzystwo Pedaogiczne) and a member of the Council Board of the European Educational Research Association.