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Teacher Education in Malaysia: Preparation, Practices, and Future Directions

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Teachers’ play a critical role in the success of educational reforms. This success hinge on the quality of teachers. In the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013–2025, one of the qualities that is given much consideration and attention are teachers’ leadership skills. Explicitly, in Shift four of the Malaysian Education Blueprint, six strategies were outlined to remould the teaching profession. This chapter aims to break down some of the arguments around professional learning communities and teacher leadership and its role in creating the conditions for lasting improvement and change. Therefore, the chapter commences with some explanation and contextualization of pre-service entry qualification for teacher education and teacher training in Malaysia. Then the chapter provides some background on the Malaysia Education Blueprint aspiration for teacher education. Next, the chapter will focus on illuminating some of the challenges in teacher education in Malaysia. Finally, the chapter will provide insights which may be useful for any attempts on school improvement and system transformation in contexts like Malaysia.

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Adams, D., Lok, T.K. (2022). Teacher Education in Malaysia: Preparation, Practices, and Future Directions. In: Khine, M.S., Liu, Y. (eds) Handbook of Research on Teacher Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9785-2_6

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