Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / Editor: Vasileios Symeonidis -- Figures and Tables / Editor: Vasileios Symeonidis -- Notes on Contributors / Editor: Vasileios Symeonidis -- Part 1 The Role and Value of Research in Teacher Education / Editor: Vasileios Symeonidis -- Chapter 1 Evidence-Based, Evidence-Informed or Evidence-Ignored Teacher Education? / Kari Smith -- Chapter 2 Research-Based Teacher Education / Mirjamaija Mikkilä-Erdmann , Mirva Heikkilä , Tuike Iiskala , and Anu Warinowski -- Chapter 3 A Critical Realist Perspective on Teacher Education Research / Michalis Christodoulou -- Chapter 4 Different Practical Experiences - Different Views? / Ricarda Derler , Lisa-Maria Lembacher , and Heike Wendt -- Chapter 5 Research and Practice in the Professional Development of School-Based Teacher Educators / Gerry Czerniawski , Yvonne Bain , Maria Assunção Flores , Ainat Guberman , Helma Oolbekkink-Marchand , and Vasileios Symeonidis -- Part 2 The Value of Research on Teacher Education: Informing Policy / Editor: Vasileios Symeonidis -- Chapter 6 Drawing on Large-Scale Studies to Examine the Contribution of Teacher Quality to Student Learning / Charalambos Y. Charalambous -- Chapter 7 A National Programme for Improving the Quality of Teacher Education / Herbert Altrichter , Julia Tölle , and Jan Morgenstern -- Chapter 8 The European Union Erasmus+ Teacher Academies Action / Conor Galvin , Joanna Madalinska-Michalak , and Elena Revyakina -- Chapter 9 Weaving Practice, Research and Policymaking into Teachers' Preparation and Induction in Israel / Ainat Guberman , Jonathan Mendels , Rinat Arviv-Elyashiv , Tali Berglas-Shapiro , Ilanit Avraham , and Hagit Mishkin -- Part 3 The Value of Research for Teacher Education: Improving Practice / Editor: Vasileios Symeonidis -- Chapter 10 Professionalisation through Research? / Evi Agostini , Stephanie Mian , Nazime Öztürk , and Cinzia Zadra -- Chapter 11 Making Research Relevant for Future Teachers / Fjolla Kaçaniku -- Chapter 12 The Potential of Action Research to Support Teachers' Positive Attitudes toward Inclusive Education / Katrin Poom-Valickis and Triin Ulla -- Chapter 13 Bridging Research and Practice in Teacher Education / Ina Cijvat , Marco Snoek , and Aziza Mayo -- Chapter 14 Developing Research Literacy in Language Teacher Education / Ulla Fürstenberg.

This book invites us to critically reflect on the value of research in, on and for teacher education. It explores the nature and role of teacher education research and identifies ways to enhance its value for policy and practice. It gathers together studies that deploy a wide range of methodologies, including small-scale practitioner-focused research and large-scale empirical studies, considering the value of both approaches for the development of teacher education research that is meaningful for practice, but also valid and relevant for policy. The studies collected in this book were undertaken in different countries and put forward powerful messages for teacher education research in the 21st century. The ultimate objective is to contribute to the generation of a knowledge base for teacher education, identifying strategies and acknowledging challenges. The various arguments presented here can be utilised by teacher education policymakers, practitioners and researchers wishing to enhance the role of teacher education research in their own countries and contexts. Contributors are: Evi Agostini, Herbert Altrichter, Rinat Arviv, Ilanit Avraham, Tali Berglas-Shapiro, Yvonne Brain, Charalambos Charalambous, Michalis Christodoulou, Ina Cijvat, Gerry Czerniawski, Ricarda Derler, Maria A. Flores, Ulla Fürstenberg, Conor Galvin, Ainat Guberman, Mirva Heikkilä, Tuike Iiskala, Fjolla Kacaniku, Lisa-Maria Lembacher, Joanna MadaliÅ„ska-Michalak, Aziza Mayo, Jonathan Mendels, Stephanie Mian, Mirjamaija Mikkilä-Erdmann, Hagit Mishkin, Jan Morgenstern, Helma Oolbekkink-Marchand, Nazime Öztürk, Katrin Poom-Valickis, Elena Revyakina, Kari Smith, Marco Snoek, Vasileios Symeonidis, Jullia Tölle, Triin Ulla, Anu Warinowski, Heike Wendt and Cinzia Zadra.

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