Table of Contents

Dedication. Contributors. Preface. Acknowledgements Section 1: International Dilemmas in Teacher Education and Development Introduction 1. Teachers and the Development Agenda: An Introduction 2. The Context for Teacher Education in Developing Countries 3. A Sisyphean Complex? Economic and Cost Constraints in Filling Teacher Quantity and Quality Gaps Section 2: Addressing the Teacher Challenge in Large Population Countries Introduction 4. China: Strengthening the Quality of Teacher Education in Rural Communities 5. India: Committing to Change 6. Nigeria: Balancing Federal and Local Initiatives 7. Brazil: Building National Regulatory Frameworks Section 3: Teacher Quality and Good Quality Teaching Introduction 8. Professional Development and Female Teacher Morale in Rural Communities 9. Investigating Teacher Capabilities in Tanzanian Primary Schools 10. The Lived Experience of Women Teachers in Karachi 11. How Teachers’ Pedagogic Practice Influences Learner Achievements: A Study from the Punjab, Pakistan 12. Pedagogical Renewal and Teacher Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and Promising Paths Section 4: New Strategies for Teacher Education and Teacher Development Introduction 13. New Modes of Teacher Pre-Service Training and Professional Development 14. The ‘New’ New Technology: Exploiting the Potential of Mobile Communications and Open Educational Resources 15. Reorientating the Agenda around Teacher Education and Development. References

About the Author

Bob Moon has published extensively in the fields of curriculum, teacher education, school reform and international education. Over the last two decades he has had direct experience of leading major projects in the field of teacher education, most notably in Sub-Saharan Africa. He has also acted as an advisor to many national governments and international organisations such as OECD, UNESCO and The World Bank.