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University of Toronto Press Teacher Education in a Transnational World by Rosa Bruno-Jofre James Scott Johnston
Teacher Education in a Transnational World brings together specialists from various disciplines and scholars with policy-making and high-level government and administrative experience to discuss the historical, sociological, and philosophical issues associated with teacher education in a global context. Edited by Rosa Bruno-Jofre and James Scott Johnston, two leading scholars of the history and philosophy of education, this collection offers both analytical and practical insights into the present and future state of teacher education. Among the topics examined are paradigmatic changes in teacher education, the impact of the Bologna process in Europe, Indigenous education, and state policies in a transnational context. With contributors from nine countries on four continents, Teacher Education in a Transnational World offers a genuinely international interdisciplinary examination of the challenges and opportunities associated with teacher education in the twenty-first century. Introduction. Emerging Critical Issues in Teacher Education within the Context of a Globalizing and Transnational World (Dr. Rosa Bruno-Jofre and Dr. James Scott Johnston) FOCAL POINT I: Socio-Political, Cultural and Intellectual Spaces in which Teacher Education is Located: A Historical, Sociological, and Philosophical Approach Chapter 1. Globalization, Higher Education, and Teacher Education: A Sociological Approach (Dr. Roger Dale) Chapter 2. Theorizing Globalization: Rival Philosophical Schools of Thought (Dr. James Scott Johnston) Chapter 3. To Serve and yet be Free: Historical Configurations and the Insertions of Faculties of Education in Ontario (Dr. Rosa Bruno Jofre and Josh Cole) Chapter 4. Cosmopolitanism, Patriotism, and Ecology (Dr. Nel Noddings) FOCAL POINT II: Paradigmatic Changes in Teacher Education Chapter 5. From the Sacred Nation to the Unified Globe: Changing Leitmotifs in Teacher Training in the Western World, 1870-2010 (Dr. Anne Rohstock and Dr. Daniel Trohler) Chapter 6. Transnationalization of Teacher Education: A New Paradigm for Ontario? (Dr. LeRoy Whitehead) Chapter 7. Paradigmatic Changes in Teacher Education: The Perils and Pitfalls of the "Reflective Practitioner" (Dr. Tom Russell) Chapter 8. Ubiquitous Learning and the Future of Teaching (Dr. Nick Burbules) FOCAL POINT III: Aboriginal Teacher Education in the Globalizing Context Chapter 9. Autochthonous Ed: Deep, Indigenous, Environmental Learning (Dr. Chris Beeman) Chapter 10. Exploring Teacher Preparation Programs and Policies in Chilean Universities and their Commitment to Intercultural Insertion (Dr. Maria Eugenia Merino-Dickinson) Chapter 11. Indigenous Spaces in Contemporary Learning Institutions: Theoretical and Methodological Frameworks in Approaching Maori Education (Dr. Te Tuhi Robust) FOCAL POINT IV: The European Setting: Erasmus, Bologna, and the European Higher Education Area Chapter 12. The European Program Erasmus on Mobility and its Impact on the European Dimension of Higher Education (Dr. Sylviane Toporkoff) Chapter 13. Harmonizing the Disparate? Bologna's Implementation in Secondary Teachers' Education in Germany and Spain: A Contrasting View to Neo-Institutional Theory (Dr. Carlos Martinez Valle) Chapter 14. Bologna Process and Teacher Education Reforms in Eastern Europe: Exploring the Changing Policy Terrain in Ukraine (Dr. Ben Kutsyuruba) Chapter 15. Transnationalization of Higher Education Teaching and Learning at European Universities: Rethinking the Way to Wisdom (Dr. Gonzalo Jover and Dr. Jose Luis Gonzalez Geraldo) Chapter 16. Guilded Youth: The Returns of Practical Education (Dr. Andrew Robinson) FOCAL POINT V: Transnationalization and State Policies Chapter 17. Teacher Education Policies in Chile: From Invitation to Prescription (Dr. Cristian Cox, Lorena Meckes, and Martin Bascope) Chapter 18. Internationalization in Canadian Higher Education: The Ontario Experience (Ken Snowdon) Conclusion. Reflection on Knowledge for Contemporary Understandings and Future Directions of Teacher Education in a Transnational World: Concluding Comments, Theoretical and Methodological Considerations (Dr. Yvonne Hebert) Bibliography Contributors