Contemporary Teacher Education: A Global Perspective

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Education; History; Australian education; dangerous territory; digital communication; e-portfolio; encouraging digital feedback; feedback; Finland; Finnish schools; formative assessment; general upper secondary education; holistic learning; home-school partnership; identity; in-service teachers; instrumentalism; integrated science education; interdisciplinary education; learning; learning analytics; mathematics education; MOOC; n/a; nature of science; online education; parent-teacher partnerships; parental engagement; parents' perspectives; Portugal; prevention of violent extremism through education; professional development; purpose in life; purposeful teacher; relevance; safe space; science; science education; science of science; scientific knowledge; scientometrics; self-efficacy; teacher competencies; teacher education; teacher training; teacher's professional agency; teachers; teachers' beliefs; teachers' perceptions; teachers' skills; teachers' support; values pedagogy; worldviews
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (168 p.)
• ISBN: 9783036516899; 9783036516905; books978-3-0365-1689-9
• Access: Open Access

The research in this Special Issue is an international collection of studies focusing on the current challenges and possibilities in teacher education. The contributors examine teacher education with theoretical and empirical approaches including both qualitative and quantitative research methods. The studies demonstrate that future teachers need high-level ethical and pedagogical skills to cope with the new challenges in education. With a research-based and holistic approach, we can educate good teachers for tomorrow's schools. Contributors to this collection of eleven articles reflect global issues in teacher education originating from Australia, Estonia, Finland, England, Portugal, and Sweden.