Contents

Introduction

Pavel Zgaga
Mobility and the European Dimension in Teacher Education

Eve Eisenschmidt and Erika Löfström
The Significance of the European Commissions´s PolicyPaper ´Improving the Quality of teacher Education´: Perspectives of Estonian Teachers, Teacher Educators and Policy-makers

Andy Ash and Lesley Burgess
Transition and Translation: Increasing Teacher mobility and Extending the European Dimension in Education

Eila Heikkilä
Professional Development of Educationalists in the Perspective of European Lifelong Learning Programmes 2007-2013

Nikos Papadakis
"The future ain´t what it used to be". EU Education Policy and the Teacher´s Role: Sketching the Political Background of a Paradigm Shift

Marco Snoek, Ursula Uzerli, Michael Schratz
Developing Teacher Education Policies through Peer Learning

Inger Erixon Arreman and Magnus Strömgren
Employability of Swedish Student Teacher Alumni

Hannele Niemi
Advancing Research into and during Teacher Education

Paul Garland
Action Theory in Habermas and Educational Practices

Janez Vogrinc and Janez Krek
Quality Assurance, Action Research and the Concept of a Reflective Practitioner

Dragan Bjekic, Lidija Zlatic, Gordana Capric
Research (Evaluation) Procedures of the Pre-service and In-service Education of Communication Competent Teachers

Alajdin Abazi, Zamir Dika, Veronika Kareva, Heather Henshaw
Enhancing the Quality of Higher Education Learning and Teaching
- A Case Study from the South East European University

Angel Cara
Teacher Education Policies in the Republic of Moldova

Vlasta Vizek Vidovic and Vlatka Domovic
Researching Teacher Education and Teacher Practice: The Croatian Perspective

Zdenka Gadusová, Eva Malá, L'ubomír Zelenický
New Competencies in Slovak Teacher Training Programmes

Jens Rasmussen
Nordic Teacher Education Programmes in a Period of Transition: The End of the Well-established and Long Tradition of ´Seminarium´-based Education?

Brian Hudson
Didactical Design Research for Teaching as a Design Profession

Appendix: TEPE 2008 Conclusions and Recommendations

Abstracts

Authors

Index

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