TY - BOOK AU - Gunn,Alexandra C. AU - Hill,Mary F. AU - Berg,David A.G. AU - Haigh,Mavis TI - The promise and practice of university teacher education: insights from Aotearoa New Zealand T2 - Reinventing teacher education SN - 9781350073487 AV - LB1738 .G86 2021 U1 - 378.1250993 23 PY - 2021/// CY - London, New York PB - Bloomsbury Academic KW - College teachers KW - Training of KW - New Zealand N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - "Centering on the theme of university-based teacher education at a time of system change and its connections with broader global political issues, this book investigates the changing nature of initial teacher education (ITE) as it amalgamated into universities in the New Zealand context. The New Zealand government, like many across the world is seeking improvement in education system performance, with a particular interest in meeting the needs of those traditionally disadvantaged through education. As a result, over the last 20 years, most ITE has been relocated into universities and teacher qualifications have changed. Not immune to international discourses about the criticality of the teacher workforce to system performance, Aotearoa New Zealand provides a bounded yet connected case of ITE development and reform. The authors draw from a study of teacher education practice in Aotearoa New Zealand and also look at recent research carried out in other jurisdictions to consider how ITE and the academic category of teacher educator is constructed, maintained and practiced within the institution of the university. They highlight the promise of university-based ITE provision, noting areas for development and provide an opportunity to better understand how student teachers within ITE respond to and engage with teacher educators' work in the service of their own learning"-- ER -