Embracing the Social and the Creative

The guiding idea of this book concerns the nature of teacher education in the future, viewing the understanding of the history of teacher education in different context as the basis for future development. Special emphasis is given to matters of race and gender as well as on the special status and roles of teacher education in a globalized, uncertain, and anxiety-ridden world. Viewing teacher education as drama provides lenses and insights for the construction of teacher education. The book is divided into two parts. Part I is entitled Teacher education in the service of change. This part presents cases of the role of teacher education in reform movements in different cultures, and the impact of social changes across time on teacher education. Part II, A look into the future: societal issues in teacher education, focuses on several critical societal issues such as racism, feminism and environmental sustainability.

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Edited by Miriam Ben-Peretz - With Dr. Sara Kleeman; Rivka Reichenberg and Dr. Sarah Shimoni

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Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Introduction

PART I: Teacher Education in the Service of Change

1. General Issues in Teacher Education
   Lilian G. Katz

2. History, Policy, and the Professional Lives of Teacher Educators in England
   David Crook and Gary McCulloch

3. Three Decades of Teacher Education in Israel and Their Impact on the Professional
   Development of Teacher Educators
   Yuval Dror

4. Teacher-Educators in the Midst of Scottish Educational Reform
   Sally Brown

5. Teacher Educators as Agents of Change: A Hong Kong Perspective
   Teresa Tsui-san NG, John Chi-Kin LEE and Chun Kwok LAU

PART II: A Look into the Future: Societal Issues in Teacher Education

6. Teacher Education as Drama: Possible Roles for Teacher Educators
   Miriam Ben-Peretz and Efrat Toov Ward

7. Feminine Culture and Teacher Education
   Michal Zellermayer and Esther Herzog

8. Preparing Teachers for Teaching Dilemmas Raised by Race and Racism: One Case
   Example of Teacher Education for Social Justice
   Anna E. Richert and Colette Rabin

9. Environmental Education for Sustainability as Values Education- The Challenge for
   Teacher Educators
   Sara Pe'er, Bela Yavetz and Daphne Goldman

10. Teacher Education for the 21st Century: Are We Preparing Teachers for Obsolete
    Schools?
    Debbie Samuels-Peretz

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