Tom Are Trippestad is Professor of Education at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL), Norway.Anja Swennen is Researcher at VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands.Tobias Werler is Professor of Education at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL), Norway.

• List of Figures and TablesNotes on the ContributorsSeries Editors’ ForewordThe Struggle for Teacher Education, Tom Are Trippestad (Bergen University College, Norway), Anja Swennen (VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands) and Tobias Werler (Bergen University College, Norway)1. The Visionary Position: Critical Factors of Utopian Social Engineering in Education Reforms, Tom Are Trippestad (Bergen University College, Norway)2. Challenging Policy, Rethinking Practice: Struggling for the Soul of Teacher Education, Bill Green (Charles Sturt University, Australia), Jo-Anne Reid (Charles Sturt University, Australia) and Marie Brennan (Education at Victoria University, Australia) 3. Reforming Teacher Education in England: Locating the ‘Policy’ Problem, Meg Maguire (King’s College London, UK) and Rosalyn George (Goldsmiths, University of London, UK)4. Comparing Secondary Initial Teacher Education in England and Finland: Learning Together, Paul Richard Dickinson (Leeds Trinity University, UK) and Jaana Ilona Silvennoinen (University of Helsinki, Finland)5. Teacher Education in South Africa: Teacher Educators Working for Social Justice, Maureen Robinson (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) 6. Teacher education in the Netherlands: Teacher Educators’ Struggles over Monopoly and Autonomy 1990-2010, Anja Swennen (VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands) and Monique Volman (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) 7. Learning Sciences: Reconfiguring Authority in Teacher Education, Tobias Werler (Bergen University College, Norway) 8. Teacher Education in South America: A Problem or a Solution? Beatrice Avalos (University of Chile, Chile)9. Teacher Education in England: Professional Preparation in Times of Change:, K Jacek Brant (Institute of Education, University College London, UK) and Katharine Vincent (Institute of Education, University College London, UK) 10. Reform as a State of Exception, Tom Are Trippestad (Bergen University College, Norway), Anja Swennen (VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands) and Tobias Werler (Bergen University College, Norway)ReferencesIndex

The book is accessible, well referenced and provides an insightful overview of global teacher education reforms.