European Journal of Teacher Education

Israel suffers from a severe STEM teacher shortage. To mitigate it, two retraining projects were developed: one recruiting academic high-tech professionals and the other–practical engineers. This study evaluated both projects by exploring stakeholders’ perspectives and examining graduates’ retention…

The current study explored in what ways a problem-based learning (PBL) programme influenced the (trans)formation of the professional identities of six student teachers of English. The student teachers’ narratives and responses to the questionnaires involved the (re)formed pedagogic meanings and rela…

Competence-based education (CBE) is an international educational trend and a core issue in developing Finnish vocational upper secondary and higher education. The theory and practice of the competence-based approach should preferably be included in vocational teacher studies. Yet, there are still re…

Grounded in the Self-Determination Theory, this study examines the relations between teacher educators’ experienced work pressure and opportunities for professional growth, their work related basic needs satisfaction (i.e. autonomy, competence and relatedness) and their researcherly disposition (i.e…

Taking into account the pressing need to understand more about what teacher educators’ professional development characterises, this article adopts a mixed method approach to explore Flemish (Dutch-speaking part of Belgium) teacher educators’ professional development needs and opportunities. Analysis…

This paper analyses the bibliometric characteristics of 616 journal articles on key competences indexed in ERIC in a 23-year-period following documentary analysis. This observation method allowed us to highlight key elements like the population, educational level, topics, etc. to focus whether this …

The purpose of the study was to examine how social competence and other generic skills can be developed in teacher education using a pedagogical model called Integrative Pedagogy. This model is based on the idea of integrating the four basic components of expertise: Theoretical knowledge, practical …

This paper starts by exploring the relevance of Bernstein’s work on vertical and horizontal discourses and the constitution of professional knowledge for conceptualisation of the knowledge needed for teaching practice. Building on arguments for the differentiated nature of knowledge, and drawing on …

This paper reports on a case study investigating learning outcomes at the individual and organisational level of a cross-institutional innovation project based on the SOAP approach. SOAP integrates Schooling of teachers, Organisational development of schools, Action and development-oriented research…

Teacher education all over Europe is increasingly becoming school-based oriented. This implies new roles for those who support student teachers learning in school. This article describes the way four school-based teacher educators fulfill their role as educators of student teachers who learn how to …

The author outlines the place of vocational education within the upper- secondary structure in Norway and also identifies the general principles underpinning this structure. Recent changes have had major implications for teacher education, and these are described. The author highlights in particular…

The author sees the Hungarian teacher education system as being in a state of transition and development and identifies a number of the planning issues to be faced. There has existed, traditionally in Hungary, the two routes through teacher-training familiar to many Western countries, characterised …