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Western and Chinese Perspectives on Quality and Change in Teacher Education

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Quality and Change in Teacher Education

Part of the book series: Professional Learning and Development in Schools and Higher Education ((PROD,volume 13))

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Enhancing teacher quality and reforming teacher education has attracted international attention. This chapter provides an overview of the book. It examines some of the international trends of teacher education and issues related to quality and change in teacher education. The book consists of three parts. The first part touches upon the contexts, status, and issues of quality in teacher education in the US, England, Australia and the Greater China region (China, Taiwan and Hong Kong SAR). The second part focuses on innovative and effective curriculum, teaching and assessment practices of teacher education. The final part discusses issues of managing change in teacher education.

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Acknowledgement

The editors would like to thank the Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd), in particular the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, the Centre for Small Class Teaching, and the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, HKIEd for their support for our book project. Sincere thanks are extended to Mr Michael Chau and Professor Allan Walker as well as all contributors in this book and colleagues of Springer for the production of this book.

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  1. Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Faculty of Education and Human Development, The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    John Chi-Kin Lee

  2. School of Education, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

    Christopher Day

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    John Chi-Kin Lee

  2. School of Education, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

    Christopher Day

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Lee, J.CK., Day, C. (2016). Western and Chinese Perspectives on Quality and Change in Teacher Education. In: Chi-Kin Lee, J., Day, C. (eds) Quality and Change in Teacher Education. Professional Learning and Development in Schools and Higher Education, vol 13. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24139-5_1

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