Restructuring studies of teacher education in recent years in Turkey

Teacher Induction Policy (2017) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government: Support, Critique, and Bridging Gaps

“…The duration of teacher education in European countries are three years while in some of the country including Spain, Germany and France it is five years (Kavak & Baskan, 2009).The New Teacher Induction Policy (NTIP) in Ontario, Canada is the amalgamation of the pre-service and in-service training and the new induction policy bridged the gaps between the previous policy of teacher professional training and induction (Kane & Francis, 2013). Professionalism consists of certain characteristics usually a specialist knowledge base, requirement specialized training and spirit of public service (Bowl, 2017).…”

School administrators’ understandings and management of barriers for the school’s involvement in the practicum component of initial teacher education in Chile

“…In the context of initial teacher education, policymakers and teacher educators advocate that teacher candidates spend more time learning to teach in schools and less time at the university campus (e.g., in the United States, see Darling-Hammond (2006); in Turkey, see Kavak and Baskan (2009); in South Africa, see Mutemeri and Chetty (2011); in England, see McNamara et al (2014); in The Netherlands, see Stokking et al (2003); in China, see Wang and Clarke (2014)). In Chile, the report of the Panel de Expertos para una Educación de Calidad (2010) convened by the government to make recommendations for improving initial teacher education suggested adding accreditation requirements to guarantee university-school partnerships for the practicum component of the curriculum.…”