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Successful and ‘Transferable’ Practice

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Politicians’ questions about whether there is a blueprint for successful teacher education are customarily resisted by those in teacher education. The response might be “Teacher education is a complex activity and straight-forward formulae are not available.” The contributions to this volume present evidence of this complexity. Each illuminates a particular aspect of teacher education, presenting points of tension, perhaps contradiction, between their points of view.

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    Mellita Jones

  2. Australian Catholic University, Australia

    Josephine Ryan

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Jones, M., Ryan, J. (2014). Successful and ‘Transferable’ Practice. In: Jones, M., Ryan, J. (eds) Successful Teacher Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-677-6_11

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