During this uncertain time, teacher education has never been more needed for West-East dialogues and Reciprocal Learning. Xu and Connelly's concept of reciprocal learning aims to harmonize the West-East dichotomy and foster appreciation in education and understanding of each other's culture and history. This book focuses on the field work done by the Teacher Education Research Team with chapter contributors from Canadian and Chinese professors, graduate students and pre-service teachers who have been deeply engaged in the RLP. Following Xu and Connelly's conceptual framework of Reciprocal Learning as Collaborative Partnership, the book begins with knowing the Teacher Education RLP followed by doing the West-East reciprocal learning through the program. It concludes with a discussion of the envisioned future of the RLP and commentaries from distinguished scholars in teacher education, one from the West and the other from the East.

Highlights the importance of dialogues of West-East reciprocal learning in teacher education Unpacks the narratives of pre-service teachers, graduate students, and professors in the Reciprocal Learning Program (RLP) Exemplifies the model of Reciprocal Learning as Collaborative Partnership

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Shijing Xu is Canada Research Chair and Professor in the Faculty of Education, University of Windsor, Canada.

Yibing Liu is the Director of the Research Institute for West China Education Development at Southwest University, Chongqing, China.

Zuochen Zhang is Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Windsor, Canada.

Michael Connelly is Professor Emeritus at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto (OISE), Canada.

Chenkai Chi is a PhD Candidate in Educational Studies at the University of Windsor, Canada.

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Section I: Knowing: International and Intercultural Reciprocal Learning in Teacher Education.- Chapter 1. Knowing the Teacher Education Reciprocal Learning Program.- Chapter 2. The Methodology of Narrative Inquiry in Teacher Education.- Chapter 3. Teacher Education Research Most Popular in China and Teacher Education Research through the RLP: What can be learned reciprocally?.- Chapter 4. An Investigation of the Long-term Impact on Canadian and Chinese Pre-service Teachers from the Perspective of Cross-cultural Reciprocal Learning: Survey of a 10-Year Program.- Section II: Doing: Understanding West and East School Practices in the Eyes of Canadian and Chinese Pre-service Teachers.- Chapter 5. Chinese Pre-service Teachers' Understanding of Teacher-student Relationships between Canada and China.- Chapter 6. Canadian Pre-service Teachers' Understanding of Teacher-student Relationships between Canada and China.- Chapter 7. Exploring Music Education through Canadian Pre-Service Teachers' Journey in China.- Section III: Doing: Personal Growing of Canadian and Chinese Pre-service Teachers through West-East Reciprocal Learning.- Chapter 8. A Study on the Change of Chinese Pre-service Teachers' Beliefs of Teaching from the Perspective of Cross-cultural Reciprocal Learning.- Chapter 9. The Effects of the Cross-cultural Reciprocal Learning Experience on Pre-service Teachers' Competence in Classroom Management.- Chapter 10. Professional Development and Personal Growth of Teacher Educators in the RLP.- Chapter 11. The Cross-Cultural Reciprocal Learning Program's Influence on Chinese Pre-service Teachers' Reflective Competencies.- Section IV: The Future of the Reciprocal Learning in Teacher Education.- Chapter 12. Reciprocal learning as Collaborative Partnership: Future Decade Collaboration.- Chapter 13. Reciprocal Learning: Looking Backward, Moving Forward.