Zayd Waghid is Associate Professor and DSI/NRF South African Research Chair: Education, Social Justice and Society in the Faculty of Education at Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa. Yohana William is Research Associate at the Global Institute for Teacher Education and Society, Cape Peninsula University, South Africa.

• Chapter 1 Introduction to Teacher Education in South Africa: Motivational, Environmental, and Systemic Influences on Teacher Quality.- Chapter 2 Diffusion of National Teacher Education Policies in the Institutional Accreditation of the Foundation Phase B.Ed. Programme: A Case Study of Two Western Cape Universities.- Chapter 3 Motivation to Teach.- Chapter 4 Teacher Beliefs About Teaching.- Chapter 5 Learning to Teach Mathematics.- Chapter 6 Learning to Teach Languages and Practices and Related Pedagogical Practices in Initial Teacher Education.- Chapter 7 Professional Life Histories of Pre-service Teachers: Motivations, Beliefs and Views About Subject Teaching Preparation.- Chapter 8 Pre-service Teachers’ Professional Life Histories: Experiences of Teaching Practice and B. Ed. Foundation Phase programmes.- Chapter 9 Defining and achieving quality in teacher education: A case of fourth-year preservice teachers’ experiences in a Bachelor of Education programme.- Chapter 10 Towards a Conclusion: Way Forward for ITE in South Africa.- Chapter 11 Conclusion and Reflections.

Zayd Waghid is Associate Professor and DSI/NRF South African Research Chair: Education, Social Justice and Society in the Faculty of Education at Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa. Yohana William is Research Associate at the Global Institute for Teacher Education and Society, Cape Peninsula University, South Africa.

• Chapter 1 Introduction to Teacher Education in South Africa: Motivational, Environmental, and Systemic Influences on Teacher Quality.- Chapter 2 Diffusion of National Teacher Education Policies in the Institutional Accreditation of the Foundation Phase B.Ed. Programme: A Case Study of Two Western Cape Universities.- Chapter 3 Motivation to Teach.- Chapter 4 Teacher Beliefs About Teaching.- Chapter 5 Learning to Teach Mathematics.- Chapter 6 Learning to Teach Languages and Practices and Related Pedagogical Practices in Initial Teacher Education.- Chapter 7 Professional Life Histories of Pre-service Teachers: Motivations, Beliefs and Views About Subject Teaching Preparation.- Chapter 8 Pre-service Teachers’ Professional Life Histories: Experiences of Teaching Practice and B. Ed. Foundation Phase programmes.- Chapter 9 Defining and achieving quality in teacher education: A case of fourth-year preservice teachers’ experiences in a Bachelor of Education programme.- Chapter 10 Towards a Conclusion: Way Forward for ITE in South Africa.- Chapter 11 Conclusion and Reflections.

Zayd Waghid is Associate Professor and DSI/NRF South African Research Chair: Education, Social Justice and Society in the Faculty of Education at Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa. Yohana William is Research Associate at the Global Institute for Teacher Education and Society, Cape Peninsula University, South Africa.

• Chapter 1 Introduction to Teacher Education in South Africa: Motivational, Environmental, and Systemic Influences on Teacher Quality.- Chapter 2 Diffusion of National Teacher Education Policies in the Institutional Accreditation of the Foundation Phase B.Ed. Programme: A Case Study of Two Western Cape Universities.- Chapter 3 Motivation to Teach.- Chapter 4 Teacher Beliefs About Teaching.- Chapter 5 Learning to Teach Mathematics.- Chapter 6 Learning to Teach Languages and Practices and Related Pedagogical Practices in Initial Teacher Education.- Chapter 7 Professional Life Histories of Pre-service Teachers: Motivations, Beliefs and Views About Subject Teaching Preparation.- Chapter 8 Pre-service Teachers’ Professional Life Histories: Experiences of Teaching Practice and B. Ed. Foundation Phase programmes.- Chapter 9 Defining and achieving quality in teacher education: A case of fourth-year preservice teachers’ experiences in a Bachelor of Education programme.- Chapter 10 Towards a Conclusion: Way Forward for ITE in South Africa.- Chapter 11 Conclusion and Reflections.