This comprehensive book presents emergent findings and promising results in teacher education, curriculum, assessment, teaching and learning approaches, pedagogical innovations and practices, and professional development in educating the next generation of students. The volume reflects the current trends and highlights teacher education programs in all 14 MENA countries in one place. The chapters in this handbook discuss the challenges and the ways to improve teacher education by the educators in the Middle East region, including Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. It also provides an extensive and rich reference for future comparisons across the countries. The book contains chapters written by experienced international teacher educators who draw on their experience and expertise to perennial issues and formidable challenges in teacher preparation and meaningful school reforms. This volume is a valuable resource and essential companion for teacher educators, faculty members, staff developers, trainee teachers, undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers, school leaders, policy-makers, and professional learning communities to refresh their knowledge and improve their understanding. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in evolving issues in teacher education in the Middle East region.
Author Biography:
Myint Swe Khine holds Master’s degrees from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK, and the University of Leicester, UK, and Doctor of Education from Curtin University, Australia. He currently teaches at the School of Education, Curtin University, Australia. Prior to this appointment, he worked at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He was also Professor and Chair of the Assessment and Evaluation Centre at the Emirates College for Advanced Education in the United Arab Emirates. He published widely and edited several books. These include International Trends in Educational Assessment (Brill, 2019), Rasch Measurement: Applications in Quantitative Educational Research (Springer, 2020), Contemporary Perspectives on Research in Educational Assessment (Information Age Publishing, 2020), Methodology for Multilevel Modeling in Educational Research (Springer, 2022), Academic Self-efficacy in Education: Nature, Assessment, and Research (Springer, 2022), and the Handbook of Research on Teacher Education: Innovations and Practices in Asia (Springer, 2022).
