Transforming Teacher Preparation Across Nations : Principles Travel. Context Matters.

See how the iSTEP Institute has transformed teacher preparation around the world. The contributors to this volume document and analyze the evolution of an international, organic network of collaborating teacher educators.Educators at the Stanford Teacher Education Program launched the iSTEP Institute, a professional learning and development program for teacher educators from across the globe.This international movement seeks to construct and implement exemplary teacher preparation.Chapter authors argue that there are several shortcomings with how we currently conceptualize (1) the nature of reform in teacher education, (2) the role of theory in transforming educational institutions, and (3) the transnational diffusion of innovation and best practices in teaching and teacher education.They articulate a new formulation of effective systemic reform. This book shows how the iSTEP Institute has been a reform catalyst for teacher preparation by embedding and transforming the key institutiona