Teacher Educators as Members of an Evolving Profession

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.

Teacher Educators as Members of an Evolving Profession is an excellent example of the emerging professional and academic literature about teacher educators. It covers a wide range of interesting area’s concerning this professional group which are of use for both academics and practitioners. The authors of the various articles are distinguished members of the growing community of researchers of teacher educators and their professional development.

• ContentsForewordAcknowledgementsIntroductionPART I: The Characteristics of Teacher Educators1. Being a Teacher EducatorJohn Loughran2. The Knowledge Base of Teacher Educators: Nature, Dilemmas and ChallengesKlaas van Veen3. Teacher Educators' Discourses and LanguageSarah Shimoni4. What Happened to the Traditional Role of Teacher Educators?Salman Ilaiyan and Alexandra Danial-Saad 5. Teacher Educators and Professional and Social Changes in England Since the 19th Century David Crook and Gary McCulloch6. Feminine Culture and Teacher EducationMichal Zellermayer and Esther Herzog7. Issues in the Education of Teachers of Young ChildrenLilian G. KatzPART II: The Professional Development of Teacher Educators8. The Professional Development of Teacher Educators in the Context of the School for Professional Development at MOFETRivka Reichenberg, Sara Kleeman and Rachel Sagee9. Three Decades of Teacher Education in Israel and Their Impact on Professional Development of Teacher EducatorsYuval Dror10. Teacher Educators as Agents of Change: A Hong Kong PerspectiveTeresa Tsui-san NG, John Chi-Kin LEE and Chun Kwok LAU11. The Role of Experience in the Education of Teacher EducatorsSharon Feiman-Nemser12. Pair- Dialogue Teaching and Learning Environments: An Innovating Pedagogy Dina Tirosh & Pessia Tsamir13. Preparing Teachers for Teaching Dilemmas Raised by Race and Racism: One Case Example of Teacher Education for Social JusticeAnna E. Richert and Colette Rabin14. Reframing Professional Knowledge of Teacher Educators through WritingYehudit Shteiman, Ariela Gidron, Batia EilonPART III: Expectations for the Future15. Teacher Educators as Change Agents: Building a Profession of TeachingLinda Darling-Hammond 16. Teacher-Educators in the Midst of Scottish Educational ReformSally Brown17. Restructuring Teachers' Learning EnvironmentsCheryl Craig18. Environmental Education for Sustainability as Values Education- The Challenge for Teacher EducatorsSara Pe’er, Bela Yavetz and Daphne Goldman19. Teacher Education as Drama: Possible Roles for Teacher EducatorsMiriam Ben-Peretzand Efrat Toov-Ward20. Teacher Educators, Teacher Education, Curriculum and the Landscape of EducationF. Michael ConnellyAbout the ContributorsIndex