Problem Solving and Emotional Education in Initial Primary Teacher Education

Theorising Practice in Initial Teacher Education

Humane Education: A Paradigm for Ethical Problem Solving in Education

What is right? What is wrong? In modem education it is often impossible to achieve single answers to this very difficult question, particularly in the current climate of increasing societal metamorphosis. It is difficult to teach or even discern an ethical answer to a question in this modem age. Factors of social change include issues such as those related to the structure of the family, the te...

REVIEW OF TEACHER EDUCATION IN CALL Teacher Education in CALL

The use of technology has become increasingly important in language teaching and learning. The successful use of technology, however, requires that language teachers have the necessary technical competence and pedagogical knowledge. The volume Teacher Education in CALL, edited by Philip Hubbard and Mike Levy, appears at a critical time when the issue of how to prepare current and future languag...

Teacher Education Curriculum and Its Collaborative Implementation Model: A Transformative Strategy for Teacher Education in Iran

This article engages the reader with a critical and challenging issue in teacher education domain. The issue chosen is the structure of the program which extends itself quite naturally to the issue of implementation in terms of institutions involved. The author argues that although there is no definite answer to the question of which pre-service teacher education program assures training of eff...

Karen Brennan the Managed Teacher : Emotional Labour , Education , and Technology

Arlie Russell Hochschild’s (1983) The Managed Heart: Commercialization of Human Feeling, documents the institutionalization of emotion. While the teaching profession is not prominently featured in The Managed Heart, teachers offer a compelling example of institutionalized emotion. Not only is emotional labour expected of teachers, but teachers are a significant force in the reproduction of emot...