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Continuous Teacher Education in Russia examines the history, recent developments and direction of the modernization of continuous teacher education in Russia, providing a critical insight into the structure and development trajectory of teacher education and offers an analysis of the processes of change that are under way in Russia.
Chapters authors discuss the complex system of continuous teacher training, starting with the history of Russia's teacher education since the 18th century until the present time. The general characteristics of continuous teacher education are then explored, followed by the role of pre-professional development of future teachers in pedagogical classes, the specific Russian phenomenon of the secondary vocational teacher education and the ways of assuring variability and flexibility of the higher teacher education in Russia. Special attention is also paid to the models of novice teacher induction in Russia and the issues of training highly qualified personnel in postgraduate and doctoral studies.
This is the definitive English language text on continuous teacher education in Russia, drawing on scholarly expertise in Russia, locating the policies and practices that are discussed within the context of a global reform of teacher education and providing new perspectives that will be of interest to education scholars, policymakers and practitioners on an international scale.
Contents
Foreword; Tom O'Donoghue
Introduction and Overview; Roza A.Valeeva and Aydar M.Kalimullin
Chapter 1. Historical development of the continuous teacher education in Russia; Roza A.Valeeva, Oksana Vashetina, Tatiana Baklashova, Venera Zakirova, Vera Vlasova, and Almaz Galimov
Chapter 2. General characteristics of continuous teacher education in Russia; Roza A.Valeeva and Aydar M.Kalimullin
Chapter 3. Pre-vocational teacher education: development of pedagogical classes in Russia; Tatiana Baklashova
Chapter 4. Secondary professional teacher education in Russia; Venera Zakirova and Vera Vlasova
Chapter 5. Higher professional teacher education; Aydar M. Kalimullin and Regina Sakhieva
Chapter 6. Novice Teachers' Induction in Russia; Liliia Latypova and Tatiana Baklashova
Chapter 7. Training of highly qualified teaching staff (postgraduate and doctoral studies); Almaz Galimov
Chapter 8. The system of additional professional education of teachers in Russia; Gasanguseyn Ibragimov and Alfiya Masalimova
Chapter 9. Preparing teachers for work in an ethno-cultural environment; Valeryan Gabdulkhakov and Olga Yashina
Conclusion; Aydar M. Kalimullin and Roza A.Valeeva
