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A Companion to Research in Teacher Education With the assistance of Richard Heraud

A Companion to Research in Teacher Education

Michael A. Peters Bronwen Cowie Ian Menter •

Editors

A Companion to Research in Teacher Education

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Editors Michael A. Peters Faculty of Education University of Waikato Hamilton New Zealand

Ian Menter Department of Education University of Oxford Oxford UK

Bronwen Cowie Faculty of Education University of Waikato Hamilton New Zealand

ISBN 978-981-10-4073-3 DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-4075-7

ISBN 978-981-10-4075-7

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Acknowledgements

The editors would like to acknowledge the generous funding of the Faculty of Education at Waikato University and the Wilf Malcom Institute of Educational Research and also thank Richard Heraud for his work in the administration of this project. He provided the necessary support at critical points during the composition of this volume and did so with unfailing politeness and good humour.

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This Companion to Research in Teacher Education, assembled by skilled and knowledgeable experts in teacher education and research in teacher education, is an important resource to practitioners, researchers and policy makers. With an ever-expanding number of international researchers in teacher education, such a Companion offers a useful guide to what matters in the field. —D. Jean Clandinin This book marks a coming of age for the scholarship of teacher education; an essential resource for everyone seriously intereste