Understanding a Pedagogy of Teacher Education

<p>Providing readers with insights and examples of how teacher educators learn and teach a pedagogy of teacher education (PTE) Butler and Bullock organize a wholistic and practical resource for the next generation of teacher educators. Expanding on the highly referenced scholarship of John Loughran and Tom Russell <i>Understanding a Pedagogy of Teacher Education</i> explores the learning of PTE through individual and collaborative endeavors and large-scale institutional and cross-national initiatives. Contributors highlight their experiences teaching PTE in formal learning spaces in international workshop settings and on the program-wide scale in order to uncover how they came to <em>understand </em>PTE and enact it effectively. Each chapter connects broad strokes concepts of PTE to well-defined teacher education fields such as social justice literacy early childhood education and communities of practice. Blending well-established theory with contemporary examples this book is a great tool for teacher education faculty doctoral students and those interested in improving their PTE or supporting others in their PTE learning.</p>