Innovative Teacher Training Practical Frameworks for Future Education

1. Introduction to Innovation in Teacher Education
Jonna Kangas, Natallia Bahdanovich Hanssen, and Heidi Harju-Luukkainen

2. Current Challenges for Innovations in Teacher Education
Jonna Kangas and Heidi Harju-Luukkainen

3. Innovations in Australian Early Childhood Teacher Education
Susanne Garvis and Wendy Boyd

4. The Role of Surprise in Kindergarten Teacher Education: The Approach of "Artoo—Art as Told by Children"
Simona Ferrari, Alessandra Carenzio, and Francesca Gentile

5. Supporting Mutual Professional Development of Pre-service and In-service Teachers through Innovative Co-teaching Approaches
Merike Kesler, Ane Wolfsberg, Louise Lottrup, Heidi Harju-Luukkainen, Minna Maunula, and Jonna Kangas

6. Inclusion of the Concept of Trauma-Informed Care in Education as an Innovative Component of the Primary School Teacher Training Curriculum in Ukraine
Tetiana Skrypnyk, Olena Martynchuk, Nataliia Babych, and Sophie Ganevitch

7. Master’s Thesis Supervision for Educational Innovation
Elise Sivertsen Arnsby and Atle Kristensen

8. Making a Theory a Lived Theory: Challenges in Early Mathematics Education
Camilla Björklund and Ulla Runesson Kempe

9. Students as Co-Creators of Reflective Practice: The Reflective Pair Model in Blended Teacher Training Program in Finland
Jonna Kangas, Laura Niemi, and Mirja Köngäs

10. Reimagining Teacher Expertise: Finnish Student Teachers’ Visions for Future-Ready Education
Minna Maunula, Ulla Hietamäki, Kati Keski-Mäenpää, Heidi Harju-Luukkainen, and Lilli Olli

11. Science of Education Within Participatory Model of Knowledge Development: A Case from Slovenia
Sonja Rutar, Silva Bratož, and Mojca Žefran

12. ‘Is This Critical Enough?’ A Self-Study of the Role of Teacher Educator
Ian A. Matheson and Tom Russell

13. The Master's Thesis in Primary Teacher Education: Innovation and Capacity Building
Bente Forsbakk and Trond Lekang

14. Empowerment to Participatory Pedagogy: Fostering Participatory Pedagogy Through an In-Service Training Program in Moroccan ECE
Laura Ketonen, Jonna Kangas, and Siham Shriri

15. Teacher Education Staff’s Experiences with Blended Learning in Early Childhood Teacher Education Programs in Finland
Minna Maunula, Lilli Olli, Minna Maunumäki, Heidi Harju-Luukkainen, Samuli Ranta, and Jonna Kangas

16. Is Teaching for Critical Thinking a New Educational Pathway for Vocational Teachers?
Iva Buchberger and Bojana Vignjević Korotaj

17. Collaborative Dialogic Reflection as a Tool for Developing Pedagogical Reasoning in Pre-service Teacher Education
Mala Palani and Jonna Kangas

18. Teacher Educators’ Agency and Student Teachers in Co-Creation in the Context of a Systemic Initiative Developing Teacher Education Through Professional Inquiry
Birgitte Lund Nielsen, Mikkel Wiskerchen, and Anja Madsen Kvols

19. Horizons of Possibility: Innovation in Teacher Education as a Living Practice
Heidi Harju-Luukkainen, Natallia Bahdanovich Hanssen, and Jonna Kangas

Biography

Jonna Kangas is a Senior University Lecturer and Adjunct Professor of Early Childhood Education and works as a Director of the Blended Teacher Training program and joint research member in the Playful Learning Center, Faculty of Education Science, University of Helsinki, Finland. 

Heidi Harju-Luukkainen is a Professor of Education at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, and serves as Director of the education unit and Vice Director of the University Consortium. She is also Professor of Education at Nord University, Norway, and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern Cross, Australia. She has held academic positions in six countries, published over 300 scholarly works, and led more than 40 international projects.

Natallia Bahdanovich Hanssen is a Professor in Special Needs Education at the Faculty of Education and Arts at Nord University in Bodø, Norway. She is a leader of the research group Special Needs Education and Speech Therapy: SKILL.