Title: Teacher education to enhance the learning environment

Authors: Shunji Tanabe

Addresses: Faculty of Education, Kanazawa University, Kakuma, Kanazawa 920–1192, Japan

Abstract: Building up a strategy towards knowledge society has been the core target reform issue in the developed countries. As for this strategy, teacher education should be shown concern and be strengthened because teachers| work is connected to the fundamental knowledge building process. This paper discusses that enlarging the meeting point in teacher education is a considerable way to enhance the learning environment.

Keywords: knowledge society; educational reform; education policy; teacher education; initial teacher training; in-service education; management in education; educational management; learning environment.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMIE.2007.014378

International Journal of Management in Education, 2007 Vol.1 No.1/2, pp.80 - 85

Published online: 03 Jul 2007 *

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