Teacher Education in Times of Change ─ Responding to Challenges Across the UK and Ireland

Why are policies regarding teacher education politically, sociologically, and educationally significant? While teacher education as a practice has long been recognized, the importance of teacher education policy has only recently begun to be appreciated.Teacher Education in Times of Change offers a critical examination of teacher education policy in the United Kingdom and Ireland over the past three decades, since the first intervention of government in the curriculum in 1984. Written by a research group from five countries, it makes international comparisons and covers broader developments in professional learning, placing these key issues and lessons in a wider context.

Gary Beauchamp is professor of education and associate dean in the School of Education at Cardiff Metropolitan University.Linda Clarke is a professor of education at Ulster University in Northern Ireland.Moira Hulme is senior lecturer in educational research at the Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change, University of Glasgow, UK.Martin Jephcote is professor of education and director of teaching and learning in the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University.Aileen Kennedy is a senior lecturer in teacher professional learning and teacher education policy at the University of Strathclyde.Teresa O’Doherty is dean of education at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick and former Southern Chair of the Standing Conference of Teacher Educators, North and South.Geraldine Magennis lectures in education and literacy in St Mary's University College, Belfast.Ian Menter was professor of teacher education and director of professional programmes at the University of Oxford and also president of the British Educational Research Association from 2013 to 15.Jean Murray is research leader in the Cass School, University of East London.Trevor Mutton is an associate professor in the Department of Education and course director for the Postgraduate Certificate in Education at the University of Oxford.Gillian Peiser is a senior lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University.