World Yearbook of Education 2025

Xavier Dumay is Professor of Education at UCLouvain, Belgium.Tore Bernt Sorensen is Lecturer of Education at the School of Education, University of Glasgow, UK.Lynn Paine is Professor of Teacher Education at Michigan State University, USA.

• Introduction – The Teaching Profession in a Globalizing World: Governance, Career, LearningXavier Dumay, Tore Bernt Sorensen, and Lynn PainePART I. THE GLOBAL GOVERNANCE OF TEACHERS AND THE TEACHING PROFESSION 1. Between Teachers' Governance and Development: Shifting Emphases, Methods, and Global Policy Trends in Teacher AppraisalGerard Ferrer-Esteban, Clara Fontdevila, and Antoni Verger2. "Agency Work": Teachers, the OECD, and the "Happiness Turn"Susan L. Robertson and Carlos Navia Canales3. Educational Hierarchies and “The Voice of the Teaching Profession”: Organized Teachers’ Participation in Global GovernanceNina Bascia4. Representations of Teachers and Teaching in the Public Space: Exploring the Interplay between Policy and Media Constructions of Teacher Supply in Australia and EnglandKathryn Spicksley and Nicole MocklerPART II. LABOR MARKET POLICIES AND TEACHERS’ CAREERS: SHIFTING TOWARD FLEXIBLITY AND FRAGMENTATION 5. Teacher Shortages and Contract Teachers in the Global SouthAmita Chudgar and Martial Dembélé6. The Expanded Presence of Second-Career Teachers: Redefining the Teaching Profession and CareerThibault Coppe7. The Teaching Profession in India: Growth, Diversification, and FeminizationPadma M. Sarangapani, Mythili Ramchand, and Jyoti Bawane8. The Future of Teacher Education and Teacher Professionalism in the Face of Global Policy TrendsMaria Teresa TattoPART III. NEW CONFIGURATIONS OF TEACHERS’ WORK AND LEARNING 9. Platformed Professionalities: What Digital Platforms Do to Teacher ProfessionalityMathias Decuypere and Steven Lewis10. Working from Professional and Political Scripts: Teach for All and the Globalization of a (Domestic) Teacher Education ModelMatthew A. M. Thomas and Elisabeth E. Lefebvre11. Teacher Leadership and Professional Status in World CultureGerald K. LeTendre12. The Socio-Politics of Teachers’ Learning: Global InsightsIan Hardy