Contemporary Teacher Education: A Global Perspective-Introduction to a Special Collection of Research

Kirsi Tirri

doi:10.3390/educsci11070340

Abstract

This special issue on “Contemporary Teacher Education: A Global Perspective” contains eleven articles focused on varied current topics in teacher education all over the world [...]

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Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This special issue on “Contemporary Teacher Education: A Global Perspective” contains eleven articles focused on varied current topics in teacher education all over the world
We take a holistic approach to teacher education and argue that the purpose of education is to educate the whole personality of a teacher including cognitive, social, and moral domains [1,2] This kind of approach should be implemented in both pre-service and inservice teacher education
Teamwork and cooperation among teachers, with homes and other institutions are necessary to provide the best possible education for our students [5]. All these aims and demands create pedagogical challenges in teacher education and call for research-based approaches that can be applied in teacher education programs

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Introduction

Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This special issue on “Contemporary Teacher Education: A Global Perspective” contains eleven articles focused on varied current topics in teacher education all over the world. We take a holistic approach to teacher education and argue that the purpose of education is to educate the whole personality of a teacher including cognitive, social, and moral domains [1,2] This kind of approach should be implemented in both pre-service and inservice teacher education. We need more research on teachers’ values, beliefs and attitudes that influence their motivation to learn new things and develop in their profession.

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