Teacher education in the 21st century : a focus on convergence / edited by Brigitte Kürsteiner [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kürsteiner, Brigitte, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teachers--Training of.

Teachers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.

Summary:

How can teacher education prepare future teachers for their work in increasingly diverse classrooms? How does the concept of plurilingualism inform language educational policy in different countries? What are the current opportunities and challenges in the domain of internationalisation in teacher education? The contributions to this volume address these questions from different theoretical perspectives, and with a strong emphasis on the actual practices in various classrooms. At a time when simplistic, essentialist, biased, and discriminatory ideologies and practices see a rebirth in public discourse, and represent a risk to education, the contributors here take stock and describe some worthwhile alternatives. The first set of chapters addresses the integration of ethnic, religious, and gender diversity in teacher education colleges. In the second part, the notion of plurilingualism in different educational contexts is explored from a critical sociolinguistic point of view. The chapters in the third part present evidence from innovative international academic exchange programs and how they contribute to socio-spatial learning amongst others. The common denominator in this volume is the notion of convergence - the coexistence of people and practices in diverse contexts.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Foreword

PART 1: Introduction

Chapter One

Chapter Two

PART 2: Diversity Management at Teacher Education Institutions

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

PART 3: Plurilingualism in the Light of Learning Processes and Institutional Networking

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

PART 4: Internationalization of Teacher Education

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Contributors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 2, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4438-9897-X

OCLC:

956991224