International Research in Teacher Education: Current Perspectives

A book by teacher educators for teacher educators

International Research in Teacher Education: Current Perspectives presents 24 research-based papers from educators across the globe and which deal with a wide range of contemporary issues relevant to teacher educators.

  • Based on selected research conducted in 15 countries and presented to an international audience at the 28th Annual Seminar of the International Society for Teacher Education.
  • Published: February 2010
    ISBN: [978-0-908244-80-5]
    Soft cover 366 pages
    Price: $AU $27.50 Incl GST
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  • What some researchers have said in their contributions to this book:

    Our greatest challenge was to bridge the gap between students’ conceptual knowledge and the practical applications of that knowledge. ... our candidates must be ready to teach upon their first teaching assignment. (Peggy Saunders and Forrest Crawford, USA)

    ... research has the potential of not only informing but also supporting teacher practice and pre-service education programmes. (Debra Panizzon, Australia)

    ... little is currently published about research into international professional practice doctorates ... the findings identified thus far will inform our thinking on the nature of such a doctorate ... (Julia Ibbotson, et al., England and Israel)

    Our goal is to prepare teachers who are emotionally and intellectually better prepared to embrace the challenges of their chosen profession over the course of a long and rewarding career. (Caroline Riches and Fiona Benson, Canada)

    ... action research enabled a change of practice and motivated me to sustain the acquired practice. (Sesutho Kesianye, Botswana)

    ... the Niitsitapi [first nation] Teacher Education Program was a long process that ... required the University community to think in different ways ... (Cathy Campbell, Canada)

    Every child has dreams that may never be fulfilled, especially for females in PNG. By ensuring that every child has access to quality learning, we lay the foundation for growth, transformation, innovation, opportunity and equality. (Teng Waninga, et al., Papua New Guinea)

    But we still have the initial problem: what exactly was it in this childhood experience of Vygotsky’s that inspired his interest in child development and associated pedagogy? (Kelvin McQueen, Australia)

    There were alternating experiences of a struggle to make sense of theories and data and sudden insights into personal practice and working together in this new way—and these occurred at different times for different individuals. (Murray Fletcher and Gael Donaghy, New Zealand)

    ... teacher educators seem to have lost their voice in arguing for—and helping to shape—the kinds of schools and education that will allow teachers to practice well and children to learn and thrive. (Jim Greenberg, USA)

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    About the Editors

    John Maurer and Warren Halloway, the book’s editors, have between them more than 60 years of involvement in teacher education. This experience has extended internationally to developing countries, particularly Papua New Guinea, where the appetite and need for education resources is great. Both John and Warren are Fellows of the Australian College of Educators where they have been recognised for their respective contributions to teacher education.

      - The Hon Dr Richard Torbay, MP; Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of NSW; Chancellor, University of New England

    Table of Contents

  • Maurer & Halloway Introduction and overview (including an organisational matrix)
  • Stewart & Adlington - Changing Direction with Teacher Educators in Distance Education Provision
  • Ajiboye - Teachers and Action Research: The Need to Stimulate Research Interest in School Teachers in Africa
  • Campbell - Making Teacher Education Meaningful for Indigenous Students
  • Saunders & Crawford - Maintaining Cultural Responsiveness through Pedagogical Innovations
  • Croker - Responding to Change in the Teaching of School English: Creating a Design for the Future
  • Fletcher & Donaghy - In-Service Teacher Educator Pedagogy: What are we 'puzzling' over?
  • Freak, et al - Continuing Development in Teacher Education through Research using Researcherdeveloped Instruments
  • Greenburg - Teacher Education: So, What Should We Do Now? Learning from the Past; Looking to the Future ... Gregory & Smith How Virtual Classrooms are changing the Face of Education: Using Virtual Classrooms in Today’s University Environment
  • Hung, So & Yuen - Learning Multiple Literacies from Multimode Knowledge Representation
  • Ibbotson, et al - Exploring the international professional doctorate of educational practice: Researching its impact on practitioner, profession, community and workplace
  • Harrington & Jenkins - The Reality of Beginning Teaching: Trials and Tribulations
  • Kesianye - Sustaining Change of Practice Acquired through Action Research: The Case of a Teacher Educator
  • Kivunja, et al - Investigating the experiences of beginning teachers employed casually so as to match supply to demand
  • Masters - Hands Across the Ether: Preparing External Students for Professional Experience
  • Maxwell - Ten Years of Capacity Building of Bhutanese Multigrade Teachers: An Initial Analysis of Classroom Action Research Reports and Related Data
  • McQueen - An Historical and Political Re-assessment of Lev Vygotsky’s Legacy for Teacher Education
  • Auh & Pegg - How Teacher Policy Shaped Teacher Education in Korea: A Comparison with Australia for Selected Issues
  • Pannizon, Wang & Pegg - Exploring Students’ Scientific Understandings in Different Educational Contexts Using a Cognitive Structural Model
  • Pannizon - Using research to inform teacher education programmes: What are the emerging issues and challenges?
  • Riches & Benson - Nothing New Under the Sun: Mitigating the Lament of Betrayal in Teacher Education
  • Tait - "I want sausages for my lunch!". Using functional communication training to enhance choice making behaviour.
  • Waninga, et al - Accelerating Girls’ Education in Papua New Guinea
  • Winsor - Thinking and Doing Differently: Graduate Students’ Practica as Informative Action Research
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