Perspectives and Practices of Teacher Education in Kenya in a Globalized World

Although definitions of globalization as a multifaceted phenomenon continue to evolve due to its complex nature, operational implications that have lent themselves for empirical investigation have drawn the interest of scholars, researchers and policymake

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Teacher Education in the Global Era Perspectives and Practices

Teacher Education in the Global Era

Karanam Pushpanadham Editor

Teacher Education in the Global Era Perspectives and Practices

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Editor Karanam Pushpanadham Faculty of Education and Psychology The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda Vadodara, Gujarat, India

ISBN 978-981-15-4007-3 ISBN 978-981-15-4008-0 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4008-0

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DEDICATED TO MY BELOVED PARENTS SHRI.KARANAM RAJARAO AND SMT. KARANAM NIRMALA MARY I grew up cocooned in your love, comforted by your hugs and motivated by your lives… Thank is a very little word to express. This is a humble gratitude for you both…. Prof. Karanam Pushpanadham

Foreword

Globalization has been defined as ‘the intensification of worldwide social relations which link distant localities in such a way that local happenings are shaped by events occurring many miles away and vice versa’. This phenomenon of escalation of relationships across nations has been made possible by various factors, the most important being the global communication network supported by fast development in digital connectivity in unbroken ubiquitous manner. Emerging socio-economic, political and cultural processes in local communities can never be independent of those happening elsewhere leading to a globalized society. Impact of globalization in the entire spectrum of learning informal to all organized systems of learning has been phenomenal. Formal education curriculum in the globalized context should therefore explore alterations in its content as well as in transacti