%0 Journal Article
%T Advancing Teacher Education through Faculty Development
%A Julian Kitchen
%J Brock Education : a Journal of Educational Research and Practice
%D 2009
%I Brock University
%X In light of a growing body of knowledge on effective teacher education practices and programs, more attention needs to be given to faculty development as a means of reforming teacher education. After identifying key themes in the North American teacher education reform literature since the 1980¡¯s, the author identifies some of the challenges to the professionalization of both clinical faculty and professors of education. The paper concludes with the identification of four possible components of a pan-Canadian program of professional development for teacher educators: initial teacher educator preparation; ongoing professional development; practitioner research by teacher educators; and disseminating teacher education research and reforms.
%U http://brock.scholarsportal.info/journals/brocked/home/article/view/117