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Lai, Kwok Chan; Grossman, David – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2008
In this article Hong Kong's policy on initial teacher training is used as a case study of the interplay between international trends and local policy. Traditionally initial teacher preparation in most countries has been based in higher education institutions. In recent years alternative routes for initial teacher education have proliferated in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Alternative Teacher Certification, Teacher Supply and Demand
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Yuen, Gail – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2008
Built on a sociocultural framework of policy analysis and Wertsch's concept of mediation, the present study examines how early childhood teacher education has changed as a result of interactions between reform policy and the action of teacher educators. Ten teacher educators participated in the study, along with eight early childhood leaders, 15…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Policy Analysis, Educational Change, Foreign Countries