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This volume of the Teacher Education Policy in Europe (TEPE) book series presents original research that contributes to the knowledge base in teacher education research, including international perspectives. The chapters focus on themes on practice-based research for transformation, curriculum development and the student experience, as well as continuous professional development in times of change. The contributing authors emphasise how the purpose of education is not just about transferring knowledge but about transforming the knowledge that is taught and learned through various transformation processes that occur at different levels both outside and within the educational system. The book highlights the need for teacher educators and curriculum makers to continuously reflect on aspects of powerful knowledge. Contributors are: Peter Nicolai Aashamar, Pauline Book, Aimie Brennan, Angela Canny, Ina Cijvat, Cosette Crisan, Cindy De Smet, Kaisa Hahl, Ann-Kristin Hamberg, Katalin Hubai, Fjolla Kaçaniku, Nina Kilbrink, Alison Kitson, Kirsti Klette, André Koffeman, Yvonne Liljekvist, Susanne Mellerskog, David Mitchell, Sofie Nilsson, Christine Schmider, Alexander Jonas Viktor Selling, Marco Snoek, Alexis Stones, Linda Söderlind and Cato Tandberg.

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Nina Kilbrink is an Associate Professor at the Department of Educational Studies at Karlstad University in Sweden and she is a member of the TEPE Network Board. Her research interests concern for example vocational education, professional learning, and technical education, with a specific focus on teaching and learning and the relationship between theory and practice. Martin Stolare is Professor in History at Karlstad University, Sweden, where he is Co-Director of the Research on Subject-Specific Education (ROSE) Research Group and Senior Researcher at Centre for Social Science Education (CSD). His research focuses on history and social studies education in primary school. Aimie Brennan is Dean of Education: Policy, Practice and Society, at Marino Institute of Education, Dublin, Ireland, where she lecturers on teacher education programmes. She is a member of the TEPE Network Board and Vice President of the Educational Studies Association of Ireland. Her research interests include teacher research, sociology of education and teacher education policy. Ann Scott is a teacher educator at the Department of Educational Studies at Karlstad University in Sweden, where she also works at the university’s Centre for Teaching and Learning. She has a B.Ed. in Teaching and an MSc in Special Education.

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