1st Edition

Middle Level Teacher Preparation across International Contexts Understanding Local and Global Factors Influencing Teacher Education

318 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

318 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

318 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This volume offers a cross-national analysis of teacher education programs designed to prepare teachers for work in middle level schools. The book showcases 15 detailed case studies of courses at institutions across North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa—including from countries currently underrepresented in middle level literature—which provide detailed information on programming whilst... Read more
 

INTRODUCTION

  1. Teacher Preparation for Middle Level Education: An International Perspective
    Katherine M. Main, David C. Virtue, and Cheryl R. Ellerbrock

PART I: Middle Level Teacher Preparation in Africa

2. Teacher Training at the Oldest Institute in Angola: Preparing Secondary Level English Language Teachers Kathleen F. Malu and Délcio J. F. Tweuhanda

3. Teacher Training at the Institut Supérieur Pédagogique in Bukavu, République Démocratique du Congo
Kathleen F. Malu and Joseph Kaleba Walingene

4. Middle Level Teacher Education in Uganda: Reclaiming Your Past, Identifying Your Present, and Imagining Your Future
Diane Ross, Doris Maandeebo Abiria, Doreen Alumaya, Sam Andema, and Irene Oroma

    PART II: Middle Level Teacher Preparation in Asia-Pacific

5. Understanding the Middle Years Learner: The Role of Service-Learning in an Initial Teacher Education Program Anne Coffey and Shane Lavery

6. Teaching Teachers How to Teach Adolescents: A Regional Australian Perspective
Michelle A. Vanderburg and Rickie J. Fisher

7. Teaching beyond the Test: Preparing Teachers of Young Adolescents in Japan
Masato Ogawa, Toshinori Kuwabara, and Jun Takeshima

    PART III: Middle Level Teacher Preparation in Europe and the Middle East

8. Nord University: Teacher Education in Transition
Jessica Allen Hanssen

9. Educación Artística en España: Promoting Democratic Values in Young Adolescents through Critical Visual Thinking in Social Studies Teacher Education in Murcia, Spain
Juan Ramón Moreno-Vera and Bárbara C. Cruz

10. Teacher Training for the Middle School Level in Turkey: The Example of Marmara University Atatürk Faculty of Education
Zafer İbrahimoğlu

    PART IV: Middle Level Teacher Preparation in the Americas

11. Preservice Preparation for Middle Level International School Teachers
Avis Beek

12. Our Journey in Middle Years Education: Collaboration to Enhance Community in Central Alberta, Canada
Julia G. Rheaume, Heather E. Fansher, Caitlin A. Fox, and Brent Galloway

13. A Lab School Partnership That Prepares Middle Grades Teachers in Guatemala
Gail S. Anderson and Mayra H. Cordón

14. Middle Level Teacher Preparation at the University of South Carolina Aiken
Bridget K. Coleman, Deborah H. McMurtrie, and Judith H. Collazo

15. Problematizing the Relationship between State Policy and Educator Preparation: The Case of Middle Level Education Program at CSU San Marcos
Erika Daniels, Rong-Ji Chen, and Moses Ochanji

16. Middle Grades Teacher Education Program in the John H. Lounsbury College of Education: Historically Progressive
Joanne L. Previts, Nancy B. Mizelle, and Karynne L.M. Kleine

    CONCLUSION

17. Middle Level Teacher Preparation Across International Contexts: Program Features and Influential Factors
David C. Virtue, Cheryl R. Ellerbrock, and Katherine M. Main

Biography

Cheryl R. Ellerbrock is Associate Professor of Middle Grades, Social Studies Education, and General Secondary Education at the University of South Florida, USA.

Katherine M. Main is Associate Professor at Griffith University, Australia.

David C. Virtue is the Taft B. Botner Distinguished Professor of Middle Grades Education at Western Carolina University, USA.