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VOLUME II ASIA AFGHANISTAN - Tears and Laughter. An Analysis of Teacher Education and Training in Afghanistan, Mah-E-Rukh Ahmed ............................................43 AZERBAIJAN - The Changing Status of the Teaching Profession in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan: Implications for Teacher Education, Iveta Silova and Elmina Kazimzade ..........................................................................................................55 BANGLADESH - Teacher Training in Bangladesh, Ahm Mohiuddin ....................73 BRUNEI DARUSSALAM - Teacher Training in Brunei Darussalam, Seng Piew Loo ....................................................................................................99 CHINA - Teacher Education in the People’s Republic of China, Rui Yang ..........117 HONG KONG - Initial Teacher Education in Hong Kong, Sylvia Yee Fan Tang ........................................................................................131 INDIA - Teacher Education in India, Saroj Pandey ..............................................159 INDONESIA - Teacher Education in Indonesia: Development and Challenges, Raihani and Bambang Sumintono ....................................................................181 IRAN - A glance at Teacher Education in Iran, Ms. Lida Kakia and Abbas Madandar Arani ....................................................................................199 ISRAEL - A Window upon Teacher Education in Israel: Perspectives, Thoughts and Challenges, Zvia Markovits and Shosh Leshem ........................211 JAPAN - Teacher Training Reform in Japan: Tension between Unity and Diversity, Masashi Urabe and Sherlyne A. Almonte-Acosta ............................229 KAZAKHSTAN - Teacher Education Development in Kazakhstan, Askarbek Kussainov and Serik Omirbayev ......................................................247 KUWAIT - Teacher Education in Kuwait, Zaid Al-Shammari and AlShammari.......................................................................................................259 KYRGYZSTAN - Teacher Training in Kyrgyzstan, Duishon Shamatov and Rahat Joldoshalieva..........................................................................................267 LAO P.D.R. - Teacher Education in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Frederick J. Baker and Rosalie Giacchino-Baker............................................289 LEBANON - Teacher Education in Lebanon: Trends and Issues, Saouma BouJaoude and Rabih El Mouhayar ..................................................309 MALAYSIA - Teacher Training in Malaysia, Seng Piew Loo ..............................333 OMAN - Teacher Training in Oman: Thirty Years of Achievements and Rapid Changes, Hamood K. Al-Harthi and Hamad K. Al-Harthi....................353 10
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PAKISTAN - Teacher Education in Pakistan: Context, Culture, Continuity and Change, Anil Khamis..................................................................................381 RUSSIA - Elementary School Education in Russia: Problems of Professional Training for Elementary School Teachers, Evgenia Nadezhdina ....................405 SAUDI ARABIA - Teacher Education in Saudi Arabia, Nidhal Alahmad and Fatmeh Alshehri ................................................................................................419 SINGAPORE - Teacher Education in Singapore, Jason Tan ................................447 SRI LANKA - Teacher Training in Sri Lanka, Raja Gunawardhane ....................461 TAIWAN - The Professional Status of Taiwanese Primary School Teachers: A Historical Analysis, Tien-Hui Chiang ..........................................................485 TAJIKISTAN - In-service Teacher Training in post-Soviet Tajikistan: Challenges and Prospects, Sarfaroz Niyozov and Nazarkhudo Dastambuev ..501 THAILAND - Teacher Training and Teacher Education in Thailand, Sumlee Thongthew ............................................................................................535 TURKEY - Teacher Education in Turkey: Reforms and Trends, Songül Kilimci 553
AMERICA ARGENTINA - Teacher Education and Professional Development in the Context of Argentinean Educational Policies: Current Trends and Challenges, Mónica Pini, Sandra Musanti, Jorge Gorostiaga, Myriam Feldfeber and Dalila Andrade Oliveira ............................................................................571 BRAZIL - An Overview of the Teaching Education System in Brazil, Pedro Antonio de Melo, Rodolfo Joaquim Pinto da Luz, Marco Aurelio Navarro Leal, Michelle Bianchini de Melo..............................587 CANADA - Characterising Initial Teacher Education in Canada: Themes and Issues, Mira Gambhir, Kathy Broad, Mark Evans, Jane Gaskell ....................599 CHILE - Teacher Education in Chile: Provisions and Issues, Beatrice Avalos ....629 COLOMBIA - Teacher Education in Colombia: Understanding the Past in Order to Change the Future, Mauricio Cadavid, Diana Milena Calderon, Luis Fernando Uribe, Daniel Taborda ............................................................649 COSTA RICA - Teachers Education, Supervision, and Evaluation in Costa Rica, M. Alejandra Sorto & Thomas F. Luschei ......................................................665 CUBA - Teacher Education in Cuba: Keeping Promises to the Past and to the Future, Sergio Gómez Castanedo and Rosalie Giacchino-Baker ....................677 MEXICO - Teacher Education in México. History, trends and issues, Marco Aurelio Navarro Leal & Sergio Martínez Romo ..................................689 11
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MONTSERRAT - Teacher Training in Montserrat: Challenges, Changes and Collaboration, G.Shotte ....................................................................................703 PANAMA - Teachers Education, Supervision, and Evaluation n Panama, Thomas F. Luschei and M.Alejandra Sorto ......................................................727 TRINIDAD and TOBAGO - Teacher Education in Trinidad and Tobago: An Issue of Quality Imperatives, Laurette Bristol, Launcelot I. Brown and Joyanne De Four-Babb ....................................................................................747 UNITED STATES - Teacher Education in the United States: A Case of Control, Marcella L. Kysilka ..........................................................................................765
OCEANIA AUSTRALIA - Teacher Education In Australia: Twisting And Turning Into The Twenty First Century, Tania Aspland... ............................................................789 NEW ZEALAND - Teacher Education in Change in New Zealand, Noeline Alcorn 811 PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Lessons from the Other: What may be learned from Papua New Guinea’s Teacher Training Programmes, Margaret Zeegers ........829 AUTHORS (Curricula Vitae) ................................................................................849
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