Teacher Education and the Challenge of Development/

Dedication Contributors Preface Acknowledgements

Section 1: International Dilemmas in Teacher Education and Development Introduction
1. Teachers and the development agenda: an introduction
2. The context for teacher education in developing countries
3. A Sisyphean Complex? Economic and cost constraints in filling teacher quantity and quality gaps

Section 2: Addressing the teacher challenge in large population countries Introduction
4. China: Strengthening the quality of teacher education in rural communities
5. India: Committing to change
6. Nigeria: Balancing federal and local initiatives
7. Brazil: Building national regulatory frameworks

Section 3: Teacher quality and good quality teaching Introduction
8. Professional development and female teacher morale in rural communities
9. Investigating teacher capabilities in Tanzanian primary schools
10. The lived experience of women teachers in Karachi
11. How teachers’ pedagogic practice influences learner achievements: a study from the Punjab, Pakistan
12. Pedagogical renewal and teacher development in Sub Saharan Africa: challenges and promising paths

Section 4: New strategies for teacher education and teacher development Introduction
13. New modes of teacher pre-service training and professional development
14. The ‘New’ New Technology: exploiting the potential of mobile communications and open educational resources
15. Reorientating the Agenda around Teacher Education and Development References