1.
Teacher education and
globalisation
Dr Nick Kelly
Senior Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Science & Engineering Faculty and Faculty of Education
Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Digital Life Lab, Australia
nick.kelly@qut.edu.au | www.nickkellyresearch.com | scholar profile

2.
Aims
1. What is teacher education?
2. Teacher education policy
3. Teacher education & globalisation

3.
Perspectives on teacher education policy
• Policy & comparison between systems
• NPM and accountability
• Globalisation & IOs
• Equity

4.
What is teacher education?
• What do teachers need to know…
• …to enter a classroom?
• …to be at the top of their profession?
• How do they learn it?
(How do we know they’ve learned it?)

5.
What is teacher education?
Formal study
Entry into
profession
Continuing
education
-Entry -Completion
-Certification
-Job seeking
-Support
-Standards

6.
Elements of teacher education
• Foundations
• Philosophy, history, psychology, sociology
• Pedagogy, subject content, technology, literacy, etc.
• Practice
• Competence & competence in the classroom
• Reflective practice, collegiality, etc.
• Pragmatics
• Compliance, registration, laws, organisations, etc.

7.
• “The weight of substantial evidence indicates that teachers who
have had more preparation for teaching are more confident and
successful with students than those who have had little or none”
• “Extended clinical preparation interwoven with coursework on
learning and teaching produces teachers who are both more
effective and more likely to enter and stay in teaching”
• “Development of teachers’ abilities to examine teaching from
the perspective of learners who bring diverse experiences and
frames of reference to the classroom”
(Darling-Hammond, 2000)

8.
Teacher education policy
Formal study
Entry into
profession
Continuing
education
-Entry
-Completion
-Certification
(of teachers)
-Job seeking
-Support
-Standards
Certification
(of ITE
programs)
Curriculum
development
Funding for
TPD

9.
• Social, cultural, historical context
• Policy, regulation, economy
• Professional norms
• School characteristics
• Systemic support structures
• Personal & professional
networks
• Individual psychology
social
individual

10.
Policy case studies (Australian)
1. Literacy & numeracy tests for teachers
2. Australian Professional Standards for Teachers
3. NAPLAN/PISA
4. A new syllabus: Digital Technologies
5. “Teach for Australia” (or for America or for the UK)

11.
NAPLAN/PISA
• Impact on…
• Curriculum
• Classroom time
• Teacher education
• Autonomy
• School identity
• Social perception of education
• Teachers’ basic psychological needs

12.
New public management
“Professionals in schools have lost control of the
field of judgment in regard to their practice, which
has passed instead to the test constructors and
system leaders, and the not-for-profits and
edubusinesses that are often involved in test
construction, information management, and data
analysis”
(Lingard, Sellar & Lewis, 2017)

13.
Diversity
• Who teaches?
• Australian Indigenous
representation
• 1.2% of teachers
• 4.9% of population (2012)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/15/opinion/sunday/th
e-real-reason-black-kids-benefit-from-black-
teachers.html

14.
Equity
• Human geography
• “The least well-prepared recruits are disproportionately
assigned to teach the least advantaged students in high
minority and low-income schools” (Darling-Hammond, 2000)
• Extrinsic motivation?

15.
Summary
1. Aims of teacher education
2. How policy is used
3. Ways to analyse policy

16.
References & related reading
• Darling-Hammond, L. (2000). How teacher education matters, Journal of Teacher Education, Vol. 51, No. 3
• Darling-Hammond, L. (2017). Teacher education around the world: What can we learn from international
practice?. European Journal of Teacher Education, 40(3), 291-309.
• Goertz, Margaret E. & Ekstrom, Ruth B. & Coley, Richard J. & Educational Testing Service. Division of Education
Policy Research and Services. & National Institute of Education (U.S.). (1984). The impact of state policy on
entrance into the teaching profession final report. Princeton, N.J : Division of Education Policy Research and
Services, Educational Testing Service
• Kelly, N., & Fogarty, R. (2015). An integrated approach to attracting and retaining teachers in rural and remote
parts of Australia. Journal of Economic & Social Policy, 17(2), 1.
• Lingard, B., Sellar, S., Lewis, S. (2017). Accountabilities in Schools and School Systems. Oxford Research
Encyclopedia of Education. Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.013.7
• Verger, A., Novelli, M., & Altinyelken, H. K. (2012). Global education policy and international development: An
introductory framework. Global education policy and international development: New agendas, issues and
policies, 3-32.