Examines how teacher educators are responding to the changing times and social contexts in which they work. This book sets out to examine some of the attempts at reform in teacher education around the world.

Marvin F. Wideen, Peter P. Grimmett

Chapter 1 Teacher Education at the Crossroads, Marvin F. Wideen; Part 1 Opportunities and Troubling Times in Teacher Education; Chapter 2 The United States: The Context for the Restructuring and Reconceptualization of Teacher Preparation, Kenneth R.Howey; Chapter 3 Readjustments, Reorganization or Revolution? The Changing Face of Teacher Education in Australia, Richard P.Tisher; Chapter 4 The Commodification of Teaching: Teacher Education in England, DavidPimm, MichelleSelinger; Chapter 5 Teacher Education in Norway: Images of a New Situation, Trond EilivHauge; Chapter 6 Ways into Teacher Education: The Case of Portugal, IsabelAlarcão; Chapter 7 Teacher Education in Canada: A Case Study of British Columbia and Ontario, NancySheehan, MichaelFullan; Part 2 Policy Directions for Change in Teacher Education; Chapter 8 Rescuing Teacher Education: A View from the Hut with the Bananas, JaapTuinman; Chapter 9 Stirring the Embers: Reconsidering the Structure of Teacher Education Programs, Alan R.Tom; Part 3 Changes at the Ground Level: The Wedge of Progressive Practice; Chapter 10 Teaching with Cases: Teacher Educators and Preservice Teachers in Professional Preparation, SelmaWassermann; Chapter 11 Reflective Practice and a Reconceptualization of Teacher Education, Terrance R.Carson; Chapter 12 Foxfire and Teacher Preparation: Practising What We Teach, AllanDittmer, JohnFischetti; Chapter 13 Reframing the Clinical Professor Role: The Faculty Associate at Simon Fraser University, A.J. (Sandy)Dawson; Chapter 14 Collaborative Teacher Education: A Merging of Agendas, Judith A.Scott, HughBurke; Chapter 15 Reconceptualizing Teacher Education: Preparing Teachers for Revitalized Schools, Peter P.Grimmett;