Journal of Education for Teaching Contents and author index, Volume 34, 2008 FOUNDING EDITOR Edgar Stones EDITORIAL BOARD EDITOR Peter Gilroy, Manchester Metropolitan University, England REVIEWS EDITOR Allan Soares. University oj Birmingham. England ASSISTANT EDITOR Ken Zeichner, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA ASSOCIATE EDITORS Isabel Alarcao, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal Noeline Alcorn, University of Waikato, New Zealand Richard Bates, Deakin University, Australia Robert V. BuIIough, Jr, CITES, Brigham Young University, USA Maria das Gracas Furtado Feldens, Universidade do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Peter Grimmett, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada Anne Adamik-Jaszo, Teacher Training College, Budapest, Hungary Regis Malet, Universite de Lille 3, France Paul Morris, Hong Kong Institute of Education Nikolai D. Nikandrov, Presidium Russian Academy of Pedagogical Sciences, Russia Theodor Sander, Universitdt Osnabriick, Germany Peter Sullivan, La Trobe University, Australia Shinichi Susuki, Waseda University, Japan Sumlee Thongthew, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Kirsi Tirri, University of Helsinki, Finland Gaby Weiner, Umed University, Sweden Zuoyu Zhou, Beijing Normal University, China VOLUME 34 NUMBER 1 FEBRUARY 2008 Editorial Peter Gilroy 1 Articles ‘Learning Study’ as a model of collaborative practice in initial teacher education Peter Davies and Richard Dunnill (UK) 3 Issues in field experience assessment in teacher education in a standards-based context Sylvia Yee Fan Tang (Hong Kong) 17 The teaching efficacy beliefs of pre-service teachers in the USA and Turkey Erdinc Cakiroglu (Turkey) 33 ‘We will take them from anywhere’: schools working within multiple initial teacher training partnerships Trevor Mutton and John Butcher (UK) 45 j Challenges surrounding widening participation and fair access to initial teacher education: can it be achieved? Anne Moran (UK) 63 Book reviews 79 Acknowledgements to referees 89 VOLUME 34 NUMBER 2 MAY 2008 Editorial Peter Gilroy 91 Articles Scottish student primary teachers’ levels of mathematics competence and confidence for teaching matliematics: some implications for national qualifications and initial teacher education Sheila Henderson and Susan Rodrigues (Scotland) 93 Boys’ ‘underachievement’ and the feminization of teaching Bruce Carrington and Alastair McPhee (Scotland) 109 Pedagogical oversights: age and experience in New Zealand’s teacher induction Squirrel Main (New Zealand) 121 ‘New Partnerships for Learning’: teachers and teaching assistants working together in schools - the way forw’ard Elizabeth Wilson and Dorothy Bedford (Wales & England) 137 Research in progress Discussion sections in psychology courses as fora for instructional development and student learning Ross A. Thompson and Byron L. Zamboanga (USA) 151 Research notice board Research-based teacher candidate dispositions assessment system: moving forward Eunjoo Jung, Ann E. Larson, Victoria J. Molfese and Charles Thompson (USA) 155 Book reviews 157 VOLUME 34 NUMBER 3 AUGUST 2008 Editorial Peter Gilroy 165 Articles The didactic model LdL (Lemen durch Lehren) as a way of preparing students for communication in a knowledge society Joachim Grzega and Marion Schoner (Germany) 167 Teaching as a collective work: analysis, current research and implications for teacher education Michel Grangeat (France) and Peter Gray (Norway) 177 Induction: the experiences of newly qualified science teachers Allan Soares, Roger Lock and Julie Foster (UK) 191 Researching pupils, schools and oneself. Teachers as integrators of theory and practice in initial teacher education Katriina Maaranen and Leena Krokfors (Finland) 207 Book reviews 223 VOLUME 34 NUMBER 4 NOVEMBER 2008 Special Issue: Teacher Education: Asian Perspectives Guest Editor: Shin’ichi Suzuki Editorial Teacher education: Asian perspectives Peter Gilroy 233 Introduction Shin’ichi Suzuki 235 Articles Teachers’ role in the transition and transmission of culture Yuri Ishii and Mari Shiobara Qapan) 245 Alternate routes in initial teacher education: a critical review of the research and policy implications for Hong Kong Kwok Chan Lai and David Grossman (Hong Kong) 261 Teacher education in a global context: towards a defensible theory of teacher education Richard Bates (Australia) 277 Educators in American online universities: understanding the corporate influence on higher education Miki Yoshimura (USA) 295 Developing a ‘feedback cycle’ in teacher training: local networking in English education at Keiwa College Joy Williams, Akiko Shibanuma, Yoko Matsuzaki, Aiko Kanayama and Atsumi Ito (Japan) 307 Gender inequality among Japanese high school teachers: women teachers’ resistance to gender bias in occupational culture Tomomi Miyajima (JJSA) 319 Teacher induction across the Pacific: a comparative study of Canada and Japan Edward R. Howe Qapan) 333 Reform of teacher education in China Xiaoguang Shi (China) and Peter A.J. Englert (USA) 347 Early childhood teacher education in China Jiaxiong Zhu (China) 361 English education and teacher education in South Korea Seongja Jo (South Korea) Development of primary English education and teacher training Korea Shiga Mikio Qapan) Educational reform and teacher education in Viemam Takashi Hamano (Japan) Afterword Shin'ichi Suzuki Book reviews Contents and author index, Volume 34, 2008 Author index, Volume 34, 2008 Armstrong, Paul, 419 Lai, Kwok-chan, 261 Lock, Roger, 191 Bales, Richard, 277 Bedford, Dorothy, 137 Maaranen, Kalriina, 207 Butcher, John, 45 Main, Squirrel, 121 Matsuzaki. Yoko, 307 Cakiroglu, Erdinc, 33 McPhee, Alastair, 109 Carrington, Bruce, 109 Mikio, Shiga, 383 Miyajima, Tomomi, 319 Davies, Peter, 3 Moran, Anne, 63 Dunnill, Richard, 3 Mutton, Trevor, 45 Dyer, Caroline, 419 Oversby, John, 157 Englerl, Peter A.J., 347 Paton, Glenn, 157 Foster, Julie, 191 Rodrigues, Susan, 93 Gilroy, Peter, 1, 89, 91, 165, 233 Grangeal, Michel, 177 Schoner, Marion, 167 Gray, Peter, 177 Shi, Xiaoguang, 347 Grossman, David L., 261 Shibanuma, Akiko, 307 Grzega, Joachim, 167 Shin’ichi, Suzuki, 235, 411 Gunter, Helen, 157 Shiobara, Mari, 245 Smithers, Alan, 419 Hamano, Takashi, 397 Soares, Allan, 79, 157, 191 Harrison, Jennifer, 157 Henderson. Sheila. 93 Tang, Sylvia Yee Fan, 17 Howe, Edward, 333 Thompson, Ross A., 151 Ishii, Yuri, 245 Williams, Joy, 307 Ito, Atsumi. 307 Wilson, Elizabeth, 137 Wimmer, Jennifer J., 419 Jo, Seongja, 371 Jung. Eunjoo, 155 Yoshimura, Miki, 295 Kanayama, Aiko, 307 Zamboanga, Byron, 151 Krokfors, Leena, 207 Zhu, Jiaxiong, 361 I