Innovation and Accountability in Teacher Education: Setting Directions for New Cultures in Teacher Education

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxiv
 New Cultures in Teacher Education  (Claire Wyatt-Smith, Lenore Adie)....Pages 1-15
Front Matter ....Pages 17-17
 Accountability in Teacher Education in Norway: A Case of Mistrust and Trust  (Kari Smith)....Pages 19-35
 Notes from a Small Country: Teacher Education, Learning Innovation and Accountability in Scotland  (Louise Hayward)....Pages 37-50
 Lost in Transition: Learning to Teach in the Era of Test-Based Accountability  (Jina Ro)....Pages 51-63
 The Explicit Nature of Educational Goals for the Twenty-first Century  (Esther Care, Helyn Kim)....Pages 65-79
 Challenges for Initial Teacher Education in the Context of ‘Twenty-first Century’ Learning Imperatives  (Rosemary Hipkins, Jo MacDonald, Jenny Whatman)....Pages 81-96
 Conceptions of Readiness in Initial Teacher Education: Quality, Impact, Standards and Evidence in Policy Directives  (Colette Alexander)....Pages 97-113
 Research-Informed Conceptualization and Design Principles of Teacher Performance Assessments: Wrestling with System and Site Validity  (Lenore Adie, Claire Wyatt-Smith)....Pages 115-132
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 Analyzing Curriculum Orientations of Kindergarten Curriculum  (Barley Mak, Chrysa Keung, Alan Cheung)....Pages 135-153
 Engaging with Ambivalence: The Neglect of Early Childhood Teacher Education in Initial Teacher Education Reform in Australia  (Joce Nuttall)....Pages 155-169
 Preparing Teachers for Assessment in Schools: The Influence of Teacher Educators  (Christopher DeLuca, Andrew Coombs, Ann Sherman)....Pages 171-186
 Looking for Synergies to Meet the Challenges of Teacher Education  (Bronwen Cowie, Beverley Cooper)....Pages 187-200
 Enhancing Inclusive Education Through Teacher Education Reforms  (Joy Cumming, Megan Tones, Chantelle Day, Elizabeth Heck)....Pages 201-221
 Is Quality Initial Teacher Education Where the Music Stops? Conceptualizing the Becoming of a Teacher: Lessons from the Field  (Anna E. Du Plessis)....Pages 223-240
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 Early Career Teachers’ Perceptions of Initial Teacher Education  (Alex Kostogriz)....Pages 243-254
 Revisiting the Teaching Practicum: Effecting Innovation or Entrenching the Status Quo? Reflections from an ITE Program in South Africa  (Anil Kanjee)....Pages 255-275
 School-Based Work in Initial Teacher Education: Responding to Policy in Practice  (Bernadette Ní Áingléis, Anne Looney)....Pages 277-294
 Designing for Integration in Initial Teacher Education Curricula: The Hong Kong Postgraduate Diploma in Education  (Susan Margaret Bridges, Stephen Andrews, Amy Bik May Tsui, Carol Chan Kwai-kuen, Dan Wang, Tammy Yim Lin Kwan et al.)....Pages 295-312
 Teacher Education in a Crucible of Change  (Ian Menter)....Pages 313-325
Back Matter ....Pages 327-333