Reform of Teacher Education in the Asia-Pacific in the New Millennium - Trends and Challenges (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2004)

In facing the challenges of rapid globalization, IT intensification, international competition and local demands for developments, educators, scholars and leaders in the Asia-Pacific region and other parts of the world are concerned with reforms of teacher education for the future of education in the new millennium. This edited volume aims to provide a global sharing of the major trends and characteristics of the ongoing teacher education reforms in this region and the major challenges and issues raised in policy formulation and reform implementation.

With a total of 14 chapters prepared by 18 scholars from nine educational systems Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, and United States in the Asia-Pacific region, the book highlights the trends and challenges in the reform of teacher education in the region generally and in eight educational systems in particular. Most chapters directly or indirectly address the latest issues of teacher education and development at operational, site, and macro levels from a national or regional perspective.

This volume is of interest to teachers, teacher educators, researchers, policymakers, and other stakeholders in all developed and developing countries. "

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