Teacher Education in Industrialized Nations: Issues in Changing Social Contexts

by Ivan Z. Holowinsky (Editor), Nobuo K. Shimahara (Editor)

Overview

The original essays in this volume examine reform-related issues in teacher education in Great Britain, Canada, Japan, Ukraine, United States, and Western Europe. A distinguished group of educators reviews the social context of the teacher, the economics and value of teaching, the pace of change, government policy and teacher control of the profession, and the evolving role of the teacher and education system in the face of political and social upheaval.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135561338
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/08/2014
Series:	Reference Books In International Education
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	356
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Ivan Z Holowinsky, Nobuo K. Shimahara

Table of Contents

Contents
*Toward a Social Geography of Teacher Education, Andy Hargreves
*The Lowly Status of Teacher Education in the United States, David Labaree
*Teacher Education and Domestic Labor: An Analysis of U.S. Teacher Eduation, Daniel P. Liston
*Nation at Rest: Context for Change in Teacerh Education in Canada, Ivor F. Goodson
*Teacher Education Reform in Japan: Ideological Issues, Nobuo K. Shimahara
*Ukraine's Reconstructive Process in Education: School Reform, Teacher Education, and School Psychology, Ivan Z. Holowinsky
*Teacher Education and Education Policy in England, Meg Maguire and Stephen Ball
*Teacher Education in Western Europe: Reforms in Changing Sociopolitical Contexts, J. H. C. Hans
*Index

Editorial Reviews

"This volume is a welcome addition to the literature examining teacher education in comparative perspective." — Comparative Education Review

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