Challenges to Teacher Education in Difficult Economic Times

Joan Stephenson, formerly Head of the Department of Education at De Montfort University, UK, is an International Educational Consultant and an Adjunct Fellow of the Faculty of Education at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland.Lorraine Ling is Professor of Education and Executive Dean of the Faculty of Education at La Trobe University, Australia.

• Foreword Michael Apple. Introduction Joan Stephenson and Lorraine LingPart 1: Australia and New Zealand Common Sense in Uncertain Times?: New Directions in Teacher Education in Australia Tanya Fitzgerald. From Crisis to Change: An Australian Perspective Lorraine Ling. The New Teacher Education Policy Discourse in New Zealand: Fiscal Probity or Ideological Opportunism? John O’NeillPart 2: Continental Europe Global Recession: Current Processes, Challenges and Perspectives of Teacher Education in the Baltic Countries Irena Žogla. Challenges in Times of Recession in Spain José Luis Antiñolo Piñar, Maria Dolores Molina Jaén and Álvaro García Pérez. Challenges in Teacher Education in Turkey in the Age of Neoliberalism H. Tugba Ozturk and Berna AslanPart 3: Ireland and the United Kingdom Pre-service Teacher Education Policy and Practice in an Economic Recession: Perspectives from the Republic of Ireland Marie Clarke and Maureen Killeavy. State Intervention and Vocational Teacher Education in Scotland and England: 1999-2012 James Avis, Roy Canning, Roy Fisher and Robin Simmons. A Nettle or Two: Learning to Teach English in a Recession John Gordon. Reconciling Professional and Political Imperatives for Teacher Education in Northern Ireland (NI) in a Changing Global Economy Anne Moran. Innovations in Teacher Professional Learning in Scotland: Moving Forward in Challenging Times Kay Livingston and Moira Hulme. Foxes and Hedgehogs: Politics and Pathways to the Teaching Profession in England Joan Stephenson. Conclusions: Layer Upon Layer Lorraine Ling and Joan Stephenson.

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