Teacher education policy and practice : international perspectives and inspirations

Abstract

The Teacher Education Policy in Europe (TEPE) Scientific Network is an academic network that builds on the work and community from the previous European collaborative projects in the field of teacher education policy including TNTEE and EUDORA. TEPE Network central goals relate to: advancing research in and on Teacher Education, increasing mobility and extending the European Dimension in Teacher Education, enhancing quality through the renewal of evaluation cultures in Teacher Education. The motivation for the theme of this book Teacher Education Policy and Practice – International Perspectives and Inspirations has been to create a platform for contributing to international debate on policy, innovative thinking, practice and research in teacher education across contexts. Our position as editors of this book is that teachers’ learning in a professional context requires a broad and robust research base in order to clearly understand what they go through in the various phases of their learning journey. We hope that this book contributes to other valid research in the area.