Full Description
Teacher Educators as Members of an Evolving Profession focuses on the overall role of teacher educators who might be seen as leaders involved in the transformation of schools and schooling in a manner appropriate for the requirements of the 21st century. Teacher education is perceived in this book as a profession with unique characteristics. In the frame of this conception this book provides and discusses relevant professional issues: the professional identity of teacher educators, their role perception, and the characteristics of their vocational language. The pedagogy of teacher education is addressed and special attention is given to their professional development. The place of practice in this development process is considered. The contribution of research and academic writing as part of the professional development of teacher educators is emphasized. The book has two parts. The first part, Teacher educators: roles, identities, and discourses, deals with several aspects of being a teacher educator, among them their knowledge base, their professional language and their evolving roles. The second part of the book, The pedagogy of the professional development of teacher educators, provides insights into different modes of enacting processes of professional development of teacher educators.
Contents
ContentsForewordAcknowledgementsIntroductionPART I: The Characteristics of Teacher Educators1. Being a Teacher EducatorJohn Loughran2. The Knowledge Base of Teacher Educators: Nature, Dilemmas and ChallengesKlaas van Veen3. Teacher Educators' Discourses and LanguageSarah Shimoni4. What Happened to the Traditional Role of Teacher Educators?Salman Ilaiyan and Alexandra Danial-Saad 5. Teacher Educators and Professional and Social Changes in England Since the 19th Century David Crook and Gary McCulloch6. Feminine Culture and Teacher EducationMichal Zellermayer and Esther Herzog7. Issues in the Education of Teachers of Young ChildrenLilian G. KatzPART II: The Professional Development of Teacher Educators8. The Professional Development of Teacher Educators in the Context of the School for Professional Development at MOFETRivka Reichenberg, Sara Kleeman and Rachel Sagee9. Three Decades of Teacher Education in Israel and Their Impact on Professional Development of Teacher EducatorsYuval Dror10. Teacher Educators as Agents of Change: A Hong Kong PerspectiveTeresa Tsui-san NG, John Chi-Kin LEE and Chun Kwok LAU11. The Role of Experience in the Education of Teacher EducatorsSharon Feiman-Nemser12. Pair- Dialogue Teaching and Learning Environments: An Innovating Pedagogy Dina Tirosh & Pessia Tsamir13. Preparing Teachers for Teaching Dilemmas Raised by Race and Racism: One Case Example of Teacher Education for Social JusticeAnna E. Richert and Colette Rabin14. Reframing Professional Knowledge of Teacher Educators through WritingYehudit Shteiman, Ariela Gidron, Batia EilonPART III: Expectations for the Future15. Teacher Educators as Change Agents: Building a Profession of TeachingLinda Darling-Hammond 16. Teacher-Educators in the Midst of Scottish Educational ReformSally Brown17. Restructuring Teachers' Learning EnvironmentsCheryl Craig18. Environmental Education for Sustainability as Values Education- The Challenge for Teacher EducatorsSara Pe'er, Bela Yavetz and Daphne Goldman19. Teacher Education as Drama: Possible Roles for Teacher EducatorsMiriam Ben-Peretz and Efrat Toov-Ward20. Teacher Educators, Teacher Education, Curriculum and the Landscape of Education F. Michael ConnellyAbout the ContributorsIndex
