1st Edition

Teacher Education as Cultural Re-appropriation Critical and Theoretical Perspectives from across the Globe

Edited By Helen Eikeland, David Stephens Copyright 2026
184 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

184 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This genuinely novel, cutting-edge volume advocates for a teacher education system that re-balances the influences of modernity and tradition, providing a theoretical, critical examination of West-centred notions of teacher education development in order to demonstrate what a culturally re-appropriated teacher education programme of the future might look like. This book explores theoretical and... Read more

Introduction and Overview
HELEN EIKELAND AND DAVID STEPHENS

1 Recognition as an educational concept in teacher education
GRETA MARTHINUSSEN

2 Tribal learning and teaching as cultural re-appropriation: A case from rural Norway
HELEN EIKELAND AND IVOR GOODSON

3 Reappropriating local pedagogies: Unfolding attributes of teachers in Nepal
LAVA DEO AWASTHI, HELEN EIKELAND, AND BHUPENDRA KUMAR KC

4 Climate education into teacher education in South Sudan: Incorporating indigenous knowledges and shifting pedagogical practices towards more participatory and local approaches to learning
ANDERS BREIDLID

5 Global pedagogy and local learning: Intersections between playbased pedagogies across formal teacher training and community levels in Ghana
LESLIE CASELY-HAYFORD, JAMES NATIA ADAMS, AND ER-MENAN AMANIAMPONG

6 Teacher education and indigenous knowledge education in South Sudan
LUBARI STEPHEN ELIOBA

7 Narrative capital and re-selfing of migrant teachers
HELEN EIKELAND AND IVOR GOODSON

8 Beyond the linguistic borders: Praxis of multilingualism in higher education in Nepal
KHEM RAJ JOSHI

9 Reexamining pre-service Mathematics teacher education program from the perspective of cultural competence in Nepal
SARALA LUITEL

Conclusion
HELEN EIKELAND AND DAVID STEPHENS

Biography

Helen Eikeland is Associate Professor, Department of Education, University of Agder, Norway. 

David Stephens is Emeritus Professor of International Education, University of Brighton, UK.