Describes how Sweden's teacher education has developed historically and how development of schools and teacher education links to political, social, and economic development; discussing current teacher education reform in relation to its history and contemporary social/political change; and concluding that patterns of teacher education in one…

Stimulated by severe teacher shortages, teacher education in the Netherlands is changing toward competence-based, work- based-, and market-oriented programs. A Dutch scenario project was developed in which four scenarios for the future of teacher education emerged. These scenarios were structured by the freedom of schools to define the type of…

Reflects on a collection of papers that examined the Association for Teacher Education in Europe's scenario model, suggesting that they indicated a trend toward a more pragmatic and individualistic approach in society that influences teacher education. However, these two trends (pragmatism and idealism) were not always strongly connected in the…

Describes the Association for Teacher Education in Europe's exploration of scenarios to enhance preservice teachers' learning. The action research project had students discuss and devise a scenario for 2020 and develop a curriculum to prepare students for life in the future. Surveys indicated that students approved of this kind of learning and…

Discusses staff development using the scenario as a strategic tool within one teacher education program. The scenario tool provided a way to look at future developments in teacher education and reflect on the learning processes of staff members. This method drew upon the zone of proximal development to create new knowledge about the future. Staff…

After a brief description of a sequence of philosophical workshops, this article analyzes, first, the request of the teachers who enroll for the training courses offered, and second, the training course itself. This analysis is conducted through a model crossing the two axes: pragmatism/idealism and individualism/social coherence. (SM)

The guidance of a reflective teacher educator is necessary for student teachers to become reflective practitioners. This article shows how teacher educators can benefit from the work of scenario writing to become more reflective practitioners themselves. It tells the story of the experiences some teacher educators involved in such an effort over 2…

Examines the range of strategies that can be used to promote reflection, focusing on microteaching as a vehicle for enabling students to become aware of their values, attitudes, and assumptions about learning as these are enacted within microteaching. The subsequent feedback becomes a dialogue between student, peer, teacher fellow, and tutor that…

Discusses incentives for teacher educators to engage in professional development, proposing examples of how teacher educators' professional development is initiated by individual teacher educators and occurs outside the teacher education institution and suggesting that systematic professional development is needed within the teacher education…

Examines gendered structures and processes of primary teacher education in Finland from a historical perspective, asserting that Finnish female teachers have been and are educated to be the "responsible other" and to be marginalized in comparison to male teachers. The paper states that primary education is considered one of the environments that…

Describes a study that examined the problems Dutch secondary students encountered when conducting research projects and difficulties teachers faced when coaching students in research skills. Results indicated that problem finding was an underdeveloped skill in education. Although teachers score d much better than students on a test of research…

Investigates the perceived effects of educational reform among secondary school teachers in England and Portugal, focusing on teachers' experiences in these two communities, which are in different transition phases. By doing so, it is possible, even within the different cultures, to identify common problems teachers experience within the reforms…

Discusses problems within teacher education in Turkey, focusing on western influences and their consequences in building a relevant teacher education program in Turkey. Data from the literature and from the authors' personal experiences indicated that irrelevance between teacher education programs and the realities of Turkish schools and the…

Assessed the attitudes toward inclusive education of college students at a Flemish college that had a new curriculum designed to familiarize first year educational psychology and special education students with inclusive education. Surveys of students who took introductory courses on inclusion indicated that students neither advocated for nor…

Teachers are expected today to assess student understanding as an integral part of instruction, using a combination of various assessment methods and tools, among which are observing students solve problems in class and listening to their mathematical discussions. The aim of our study is to explore what it might mean for a teacher to hear students…