Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Teacher’s Work in Changing Educational Contexts / Auli Toom and Jukka Husu -- The New Roles for Twenty-First-Century Teachers / Wing On Lee and Jennifer Pei-Ling Tan -- Pedagogical Beliefs, Instructional Practices, and Opportunities for Professional Development of Teachers in Estonia / Äli Leijen and Margus Pedaste -- The Role of Teachers in the Finnish Educational System / Hannele Niemi , Jari Lavonen , Arto Kallioniemi and Auli Toom -- Dutch Teacher and Teacher Education Policies / Theo Wubbels and Jan van Tartwijk -- Teacher Professional Development in Malta / Christopher Bezzina -- Teaching in the USA / Gerald K. Letendre -- Challenges and Solutions Faced by China’s Teachers in the Era of Globalization / Mingyuan Gu -- The Changing Roles of Teachers and Teacher Learning in the Twenty-First Century / Ee-Ling Low -- The Teaching Profession Amid Changes in the Educational Ecosystems / Hannele Niemi , Auli Toom , Arto Kallioniemi and Jari Lavonen -- Back Matter -- About the Contributors.

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The teacher's role is changing rapidly throughout the world. Traditional ways of working as a teacher are being challenged and teachers are faced with new areas of expertise they need to manage as educational professionals. These characteristics, challenges, and changes in the teacher’s role have been identified internationally and are both conceptual and practical. Teachers’ work now includes much more than teaching in classrooms and has expanded to designing new learning environments, collaboration and networking with others and mentoring colleagues. The Teacher’s Role in the Changing Globalizing World addresses the significance of considering these issues, researching them, and emphasising the importance of actively influencing and protecting the parameters of the teacher role.