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Larsen, Marianne A. – Journal of Education Policy, 2010
The belief in the central role of the teacher has a long and comparative history. This article aims to critically analyse the discourse of the centrality of the teacher by both historicising and problematising the ideas and practices associated with this discourse. First, the article describes the discourse as it was taken up during the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Role, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Competency Testing
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Pini, Monica E.; Gorostiaga, Jorge M. – International Review of Education, 2008
The purpose of this study is to explore teacher education policies in different countries of Latin America and North America through the comparison of policy documents. The training of teachers, a key component of education, faces educational challenges as a result of various reform policies in different countries. Critical discourse analysis…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Educational Policy, Criticism, Discourse Analysis