High quality teaching and learning : changing policies and practices

High quality teaching and learning : changing policies and practices / edited by Linda Darling-Hammond and Ann Lieberman.

Teachers are the most important single element of the education system but what does it take to create high quality teachers in today's world? Around the world, countries are struggling to understand how to change their schools to meet global demands. International comparisons have shown that s...

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Main Author: Lieberman, Ann
Other Authors: Darling-Hammond, Linda
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Routledge, 2012.
Series:Teacher quality and school development.
Subjects:
Education and state > Cross-cultural studies.
Educational change > Cross-cultural studies.
Teachers > Training of > Cross-cultural studies.
Education and state
Educational change
Teachers > Training of
Cross-cultural studies
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Teacher Education around the World; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Contributors; Preface; 1. The most wanted: Teachers and teacher education in Finland; 2. Quality teachers, Singapore style; 3. Teacher preparation in the Netherlands: Shared visions and common features; 4. Teacher training, education or learning by doing in the UK; 5. Hong Kong: Professional preparation and development of teachers in a market economy; 6. Building capacity for sustained school improvement; 7. Rethinking teacher education in Australia: The teacher quality reforms.
  • 8. Teacher preparation and development in the United States: A changing policy landscape9. Teacher education around the world: What can we learn from international practice?; Notes; References; Index.

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