Considers teacher education as an important aspects of the teaching profession and demonstrates why it is so important for higher education institutions to value their teacher educators' professional knowledge. The book demonstrates how teaching about teaching knowledge pedagogy is vital to the development of quality in teacher education and how this knowledge needs to be articulated and communicated throughout the teaching profession, both in schools and universities.

An introduction to purpose, passion and pedagogy, John Loughran. Part 1 Principles and practices which shape teaching about teaching: practising theory and theorizing practice in teacher education, Robert V. Bullough Jr.; teaching teachers - how I teach VISBN the message, Tom Russell; teacher education as a process of developing teacher knowledge, Jeff Northfield; teaching about teaching - principles and practice, John Loughran. Part 2 Challenges in teaching and learning about teaching: teaching teachers for the challenge of change, Anna E. Richert; learning to teach prospective teachers to teach mathematics - the struggles of a beginning teacher educator, Cynthia Nicol; teaching and learning in teacher education - who is carrying the ball?, Peter Chin. Part 3 Rethinking teacher educators' roles and practice: learning about learning in the context of a science methods course, Gary Hoban; teaching to teach with purpose and passion - pedagogy for reflective practice, Vicki Kubler LaBoskey; advisor as coach, Anthony Clarke. Part 4 Conversations about teacher education: obligations to unseen children - the Arizona group, Karen Guilfoyle, Mary Lynn Hamilton and Stefinnee Pinnegar; storming through teacher education - talk about summerfest, Allan MacKinnon, Michael Cummings and Kathryn Alexander. Conclusion: becoming passionate about teacher education, Tom Russell.