Intro
Contents
Editor and Contributors
1 Teacher Education Policy and Research: An Introduction
Introduction
Teacher Education Policy
Teacher Education Policy and Notions of Professionalism
Teacher Education Research and Policy
The Contribution of This Book
References
2 Teacher Education/ors in Australia: Still Shaping the Profession Despite Policy Intervention
Introduction
Background
Pathways into Initial Teacher Education
Policies Influencing Initial Teacher Education in Australia (2008-2020)
Preparing a Profession
National Agenda Setting

Promoting National Excellence in Initial Teacher Education
Developing a National Vision
Discussion
Postscript
References
3 A Critical Examination of the Conception of Teacher Professionalism Enacted in Current Teacher Education Policy in Flanders (Belgium)
Introduction
The Context of the Decree of 2018
A Sketch of Three Decades of Reform
The Decree of 2018
The Discourse of Teacher Professionalism Enacted in Current Policy Legislation
Premise 1: Professionalism is a Quality Acquired, Possessed and Performed by Individual Teachers

Premise 2: Professionalism Is Knowing and Performing What 'What Works'
Premise 3: Professionalism can be Mapped and Checked
Discussion
References
4 Teaching and Teacher Education for a Post-pandemic Canada: Context, Crisis, Critique and Complication
Context
Crisis
Critique
Global-Local: Scaling Back Democracy
School-Society: Responsibilizing the Teacher
Research-Practice: Patrolling Boundaries
Margin-Centre: Settling Differences
Complication
References

5 The Complex Policy Landscape of Initial Teacher Education in England: What's the Problem Represented to Be?
Introduction
The Context of Initial Education or Training In England
Overview of Recent ITE Policy Development in England
What's the Problem (of ITE in England) Represented to Be?
What Presuppositions or Assumptions Underpin This Representation of the 'Problem'?
How Has This Representation of the 'Problem' Come About?
What Is Left Unproblematic in This Problem Representation? Can the 'Problem' Be Thought About Differently?

What Effects Are Produced by This Representation of the 'Problem'?
How/Where Has This Representation of the 'Problem' Been Produced, Disseminated and Defended?
Conclusions
References
6 Analyzing Practice, Research, and Accountability Turns in Finnish Academic Teacher Education
Introduction
Finnish Teacher Education: Key Characteristics
Turns in Teacher Education: Practice, Research, and Accountability
The Practice Turn in Finnish Teacher Education
The University/Research Turn in Finnish Teacher Education
The Accountability Turn in Finnish Teacher Education