Teacher education, teacher professionalism and research: international trends, future directions

Directions and Priorities in Teacher Education

This article identifies directions/priorities in contemporary teacher education in Australia, and indicates the challenges that confront leadership. Examining directions in teacher education programs, research, the conduct of the practicum, relationships with schools, flexible delivery and intemationalisation, a dominant theme is the need for strong, collaborative and symbiotic school-universit...

Research Genres in Teacher Education

Almost since its inception, teacher education has suffered from doubts about its value to teachers. Outside observers have asked, usually skeptically, whether teacher education makes a difference, and teacher educators themselves have wondered what they have been able to accomplish and how they could accomplish more. Presumably, research could help both teacher educators and teacher education p...

Recent Trends in Teacher Education in Germany

TNTEE Publications Volume 2, Nr 2, December 1999 We are faced with an interesting phenomenon in Germany: Seen from the inside, i.e. with regard to internal organisation, structures and curricula, teacher education has not been a very dynamic sector for decades. In the post-war period the major event was the almost complete universitisation of teacher education through the integration of the Päd...

Teacher education for teacher-learner autonomy

Teacher-learner autonomy, by analogy with previous definitions of language learner autonomy, might be defined as the ability to develop appropriate skills, knowledge and attitudes for oneself as a teacher, in cooperation with others. By focusing on the teacher as learner in this manner I do not mean to diminish the importance of ‘being free from constraints on one’s teaching’, i.e. teacher auto...

ALTERNATIVE TEACHER EDUCATION Trends and Implications in Policies and Practices