"The articles published in this book first appeared in Early child development and care, volume 78"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Empires of the mind : professional education or training? / Roy Evans, Philip Robinson -- Developing students' practice through partnership : improving the quality of field experiences / Roy Evans, Anne Findlay -- Early childhood teacher education in the United Kingdom / Linda Pound, Michael Buckingham -- Early childhood teacher certification and credentialing in the United States / Olivia N. Saracho, Bernard Spodek -- Calling the tune or dancing to it : early childhood teacher education in Australia / George F. Lewis, Wendy Schiller, Jan Duffie -- The mosaic versus the melting pot : teacher preparation in Canada / Kelvin L. Seifert -- Early childhood teacher education in Indonesia / R. Murray Thomas -- Early childhood teacher preparation in Taiwan / Yu-Wei Lin, Bernard Spodek -- The preparation of early childhood teachers in Japan (Part I) / Emiko Hannah Ishigaki -- The preparation of early childhood teachers in Japan (Part II) / Isaaki Noguchi -- Training early childhood educators in India / Mira Choudhry -- Preparation of early childhood teachers in Sweden / Bertil Sundin -- Pre-service teachers' perceptions and their behavorial interactions with young children from international cultures / Linda M. Burt, Alan I. Sugawara -- Professional issues : a perspective on their place in pre-service education for early childhood / Anne Stonehouse, Christine Woodrow -- The future of teacher education in the changing world / Olivia N. Saracho.
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