Teacher Educators and their Professional Development

Ruben Vanderlinde is a Professor at the Department of Educational Studies at Ghent University in Belgium where he coordinates the research group "Teacher Education and Professional Development".Kari Smith is Professor of Education and Head of the National Research School in Teacher Education at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).Mieke Lunenberg’s expertise is the professional development of teacher educators. She has had a leading role in multiple projects for supporting the professional development of teacher educators.Jean Murray is a Professor of Education in the School of Education and Communities at the University of East London in England.

• 1. Teacher educators and their professional development 2. A conceptual model of teacher educator development: an agenda for future research and practice 3. Researching the professional learning needs of teacher educators: results from international research 4. Interlude - Teacher educators’ professional development in Australia: context and challenges 5. Learning and design principles for teacher educators’ professional development 6. Designing knowledge bases for teacher educators: challenges and recommendations 7. Interlude - Teacher educators’ professional development in Japan: context and challenges 8. Teacher educators’ professional development during an international summer academy: storylines as a powerful pedagogy 9. Teacher educators’ professional life stories across four countries: intertwining personal and contextual effects 10. Interlude - Teacher educators’ professional development in the USA: context and challenges 11. Designing professional development for teacher educators: creating long-term learning for the workplace 12. Influencing professional development at national levels: learning from reciprocity and diversity 13. Teacher educators’ professional development: Looking to the future