Transforming Teachers’ Work Globally

Part One. Enhancing Transformation in Teachers’ Work

1. Supporting Teachers’ Work
La Tefy Schoen

2. Extending Teachers’ Work to Outdoor Learning Environments
Elizabeth L. Hammerman, Donald R. Hammerman

3. Changing Aims and Values of Outdoor-Oriented Education
Eija Kimonen

4. Professional Orientations and Competences of Teachers in a School and Community Context
Raimo Nevalainen, Eija Kimonen

Part Two. Examining the Changing Nature of Teachers’ Work

5. The Teacher as an Implementer of Curriculum Change
Raimo Nevalainen, Eija Kimonen

6. Teacher Perspectives on Reform in a Small, Rural American School of Historically Finnish Culture
Thomas L. Alsbury, Karen T. Jackson

7. The Challenges of Basic Education Curriculum Change in Rural Primary Schools in West China
Shuo Liu, Ruifeng Cui, Genshu Lu

Part Three. Reforming Teachers’ Work in a Comparative Perspective

8. Philosophical Perspectives for Teachers’ Work
Eija Kimonen

9. Teacher Competences in a Changing School Culture
Raimo Nevalainen, Eija Kimonen

10. The Reform and Development of Teacher Education in China and Japan in an Era of Social Change
Congman Rao

11. Teachers’ Work and Changing Socialization Environments
Eija Kimonen

12. Understanding the Educational Change Process and Teachers’ Work
Dhruv Raina, Shakuntla Nagpal, Pranati Panda

Nyckelord: Education, Education (general)