How Can University Teacher Educators Contribute Towards a ‘Better Normal’ Within a Highly Regulated Policy Space?

Abstract

In the context of a highly regulated teacher education system, this chapter offers an alternative vision for a ‘better normal’ for teacher education in England. It foregrounds the need for teacher educators and teacher preparation curricula to promote ‘a way of being’ that enables teachers and teacher educators to have agency, develop as ‘thinking’ professionals and be resilient in an ever-changing policy context.

Citation

Sullivan, S. and McIntyre, J. (2024), "How Can University Teacher Educators Contribute Towards a ‘Better Normal’ Within a Highly Regulated Policy Space?", Goel, P., Simmons, J., Marwah, S., Andersson, L., Neuhaus, S. and Mahat, M. (Ed.) Building a Better Normal (Great Debates in Higher Education), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 95-117. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80455-410-420241006