Oon-Seng Tan is a Professor of Psychological Studies at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Prof Tan has published extensively in areas pertaining to cognition, curriculum development, teaching and learning. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Educational Research for Policy & Practice. He was President of the Asia-Pacific Educational Research Association (APERA) and President of the Educational Research Association of Singapore (ERAS). Prof Tan was also Vice-President (Asia & Pacific Rim) of the International Association for Cognitive Education and Psychology.
Publisher
Gale Asia
Volume
Copyright
2013
ISBN13
9789814392792
Release
Format
eBook
Grade Level
College Freshman - College Senior
DDC
TBD
Features & Benefits
Contributors of this volume are leading thought-leaders in the field of teacher education: a top OECD advisor, a highly-experienced vice-president, deans and ex-deans, as well as top academics
Contributors of this volume are leading thought-leaders in the field of teacher education: a top OECD advisor, a highly-experienced vice-president, deans and ex-deans, as well as top academics
Chapters provide valuable insights on perspectives from nations with top performing educational systems such as Finland, Korea and Singapore
Chapters provide valuable insights on perspectives from nations with top performing educational systems such as Finland, Korea and Singapore
Chapters cover international perspectives as well as insights on the contextualization of policy and practice
Chapters cover international perspectives as well as insights on the contextualization of policy and practice
The comprehensive coverage deals with macro teacher policy issues and innovation from the perspective of partnerships, theory-practice linkages, values paradigms and pedagogical innovation
The comprehensive coverage deals with macro teacher policy issues and innovation from the perspective of partnerships, theory-practice linkages, values paradigms and pedagogical innovation
The chapters take a futuristic perspective and envision how best to build the teaching profession for the 21st century
The chapters take a futuristic perspective and envision how best to build the teaching profession for the 21st century
Foreword.
Preface.
Contributors.
1. Teacher education frontiers: 21st century challenges in teacher education and overview
Oon-Seng Tan
2. The case for 21st century teacher policies
Andreas Schleicher
3. Teacher education for high quality professionals: An analysis from the Finnish perspective
Hannele Niemi
4. Educational reforms and teacher education innovations in Singapore
Oon-Seng Tan, Woon-Chia Liu and Ee-Ling Low
5. Teachers for new learning: Reform and paradigm shift for the future
Yin-Cheong Cheng
6. Innovative model for teacher education: Preparing teachers for a changing world with a
redefined concept of teacher
Youngdal Cho
7. Schools left behind? Ecosystematic perspectives on the 21st century school system
Paul Kim
8. Towards a technology-enhanced pedagogy of teacher education
Norbert Pachler and Ana Redondo
9. Teacher education policy in Scandinavia as challenged by the knowledge society and global
competition: How tradition blocks development
Jens Rasmussen
10. Psychological science for 21st century teaching effectiveness
Jane Close Conoley and Tine F. Sloan
11. "I've never been asked that before!" Preparing teachers for any eventuality?
Susan Taylor and Sue Bodman
12. Identifying the development of epistemological beliefs among student-teachers in an
undergraduate teacher education programme
Angel Kit-Yi Wong and May May-Hung Cheng
13. Confronting the educational challenges of the future: Finnish teacher education promoting
teachers' pedagogical thinking
Heidi Krzywacki, Katriina Maaranen and Jari Lavonen
14. Teacher education for the 21st century: Evidence-informed policy?
