Teacher Educators as Members of an Evolving Profession (eBook)

Miriam Ben-Peretz, PhD, is Professor Emeritus at the Faculty of Education, University of Haifa, Israel. She has served as the Head of the Department of Teacher Education and Dean of the School of Education, University of Haifa. Her research interests are curriculum studies, teacher education, professional development and policy-making in education. Among her books: The Teacher-Curriculum Encounter: Freeing Teachers from the Tyranny of Texts (SUNY, 1990) and Learning from Experience: Memory and the Teacher's Account of Teaching (SUNY, 1995). Her latest book is entitled Policy Making in Education: A Holistic Approach in Response to Global Changes (Rowman & Littlefield, 2009). Received the Lifetime Achievement Award, Division B, Curriculum Studies, of the American Educational Research Association (1997). Recipient of the Israel Prize for Research in Education (2006). She is the recipient of the American Educational Research Association, Division K, Legacy Award and an Honorary Fellow of the Open University of Israel (2012). Sara Kleeman completed her PhD at the Institute of Education, University of London in 1999 and became the Head of the Elementary Teachers' Department at Oranim. She serves as the Head of the Center of Resource, Consultation and Training at Oranim Academic College and as a Coordinator of the Pedagogical Instruction specialization at the MOFET Institute. She is currently focused on the issue of professional development of teacher educators at Oranim and the MOFET Institute, as a researcher and lecturer.Rivka Reichenberg completed her PhD at the School of Education, Bar – Ilan University in Israel (1996). She has served as the Head of Special Education Department at Beit-Berl Academic College of Education, as a senior lecturer and researcher. Her research interests are teaching and teacher education, induction and professional development. She presently serves as the Head of the Pedagogical Instruction and Mentoring Specialization Program in Mofet Institute, focusing on the issue of professional development of teacher educators in the colleges and in the Mofet Institute as a lecturer and researcher.Sarah Shimoni, PhD, is a teacher educator and a counselor in research methods and academic writing. Dr. Shimoni is a lecturer at the Levinsky School for graduate studies and does editing work for the MOFET Publishing House in Tel Aviv, Israel. Her research interests are: teachers' and teacher educators' professional development, professional discourse and inclusion of children with learning difficulties in the general education system.

PART I: The Characteristics of Teacher Educators1. Being a Teacher Educator2. The Knowledge Base of Teacher Educators: Nature, Dilemmas and Challenges 3. Teacher Educators' Discourses and Language 4. What Happened to the Traditional Role of Teacher Educators?5. Teacher Educators and Professional and Social Changes in England Since the 19th 6. Feminine Culture and Teacher Education7. Issues in the Education of Teachers of Young Children PART II: The Professional Development of Teacher Educators 8. The Professional Development of Teacher Educators in the Context of the School for Professional Development at MOFET9. Three Decades of Teacher Education in Israel and Their Impact on Professional 10. Teacher Educators as Agents of Change: A Hong Kong Perspective11. The Role of Experience in the Education of Teacher Educators12. Pair- Dialogue Teaching and Learning Environments: An Innovating Pedagogy 13. Preparing Teachers for Teaching Dilemmas Raised by Race and Racism: One Case 14. Reframing Professional Knowledge of Teacher Educators through WritingYehudit Shteiman, Ariela Gidron, Batia EilonPART III: Expectations for the Future 15. Teacher Educators as Change Agents: Building a Profession of Teaching 16. Teacher-Educators in the Midst of Scottish Educational Reform17. Restructuring Teachers' Learning Environments 18. Environmental Education for Sustainability as Values Education- The Challenge for 19. Teacher Education as Drama: Possible Roles for Teacher Educators and Efrat Toov-Ward20. Teacher Educators, Teacher Education, Curriculum About the ContributorsIndex