Rethinking Teacher Education for the 21st Century

This book focuses on current trends, potential challenges, and further developments of teacher education and professional development from theoretical, empirical, and practical points of view. It intends to provide valuable and fresh insights from research studies and examples of best practices from Europe and all over the world on the strengths and limitations of different models, strategies, approaches, and policies related to teacher education and professional development in and for changing times. It features analyses of digitization, multiculturalism, and pressure to perform, among other topics.