Teacher Education in an Era of Global Change. International Yearbook on Teacher Education 1992. World Assembly of the International Council on Education for Teaching (39th, Paris, France, July 20-24, 1992).

Overview & Synopsis

In this volume, the International Council on Education for Teaching (ICET) provides an updated review of current researcher-based teacher education concepts, activities, and experimentation as viewed from an international perspective. Keynote addresses, Plenary session addresses, World Assembly Communique and Recommendations, and abstracts of all papers are presented. Speakers were educators from around the world. The papers include: "Messages of Welcome from the 1992 World Assembly" (Federico Mayor and Sandra J. Klassen); opening keynote address: "Teacher Education in an Era of Global Change" (Aliu Babatunde Fafunwa); Host Keynote Address: "Teacher Education in an Era of Global Change" (Federico Mayor); and four plenary addresses on the main topics of the assembly: "The Democratization of Educational Systems and Teacher Education" (B.O. Ukeje); "The Professionalization and Status of Teacher Education and the Teaching Profession" (Colin N. Power); "The Impact and Role of Science and Technology on Educational Change" (Dean Nafziger); and "The Potential for International Cooperation and Partnerships in Education" (Paz G. Ramos). The publication also includes a summary of salient ideas, issues, and policy recommendations from the 1992 assembly and author indexes. (SM)