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Peter Gilroy is the Jos Owens Chair of Education at Plymouth University; visiting chair at Hull University; Professor Emeritus at Manchester Metropolitan University; and acts as a consultant for a number of other UK and overseas universities as they develop their research profiles. He is also the executive editor of the international Journal of Education for Teaching. He previously studied on a Primary/Secondary programme for a three-year teacher’s certificate, subsequently working as a secondary school teacher (teaching English, Mathematics and History amongst other subjects), whilst studying part-time for his bachelors, masters and doctorate degrees at London University.

• Preface Editorial (1975) Part I: In Defence of Teacher Education 1. Inservice Teacher Education in Nigeria: a case study 2. The Political Rape of Initial Teacher Education in England and Wales: a JET rebuttal 3. The Reform of Initial Teacher Training in France 4. Teacher Education in Britain: a JET symposium with politicians 5. Promoting critical conversations: the distinctive contribution of higher education as a partner in the professional preparation of new teachers 6. A ‘quiet revolution’? The impact of Training Schools on initial teacher training partnerships 7. Initial teacher education in the panopticon Part II: Innovative Approaches to Teacher Education 8. The Exeter School-based PGCE: an alternative initial teacher training model 9. Challenging Teacher Education as Training: four propositions 10. Working while teaching, learning while working: students teaching in their own class 11. Autonomy or control: discussion of a central dilemma in developing a realistic teacher education in Norway Part III: The Comparative Approach 12. The Influence of Western Theories on Teacher Education and Research Practices in Singapore 13. Teaching controversial issues and teacher education in England and South Africa 14. Making sense of professionalism and being a professional in a Kenyan higher education context 15. Teacher education in France under the Hollande government: reconstructing and reinforcing the republic 16. Chinese government documents on teacher education since the 1980s Part IV: Reflecting on Social Theory 17. Connecting Genuine Teacher Development to the Struggle for Social Justice 18. Civic professionalism: teacher education and professional ideals and values in a commercialised education world 19. Reflection and Teacher Education Part V: The Shifting Focus of Teacher Education Research 20. In Search of Saraswati: A study of the professional productivity of Indian teacher educators 21. What and how teacher educators prefer to learn 22. Undergraduates’ Views of Teaching as a Career Choice 23. Japanese Beginning Teachers’ Perceptions of Their Preparation and Professional Development 24. Bullying and the Postgraduate Secondary School Trainee Teacher: An English case study