Alternate routes in initial teacher education: A critical review of the research and policy implications for Hong Kong

Journal of Education for Teaching

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 261-275

  Lai, Kwok Chan ^a   Grossman, David ^a  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Alternative teacher certification; Hong Kong; Initial teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 56049113493     PISSN: 02607476     EISSN: 13600540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02607470802401370     Document Type: Review

References (40)

1. Advisory Committee on Teacher Education and Qualifications (ACTEQ). 2006. Initial teacher education: A revisit, crude draft 15. Hong Kong: Advisory Committee on Teacher Education and Qualifications.
2. Berliner, D. 2006. The dangers of some new pathways to teacher certification. In Competence oriented teacher training: Old research demands and new pathways, ed. F. Oser, F. Achtenhagen, and U. Renold. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
3. Buckingham, J. 2005. Good teachers where they are needed, Issue Analysis No. 64. St. Leonards, NSW: Centre for Independent Studies.
4. Cheng, Y.C. 2002. Teacher status revamp method seen as realistic. South China Morning Post, 9 November.
5. Chong, C.W., and S.H. Poon. 2002. Untrained teachers may be required to undertake training within two years. Mingpao, 28 October (in Chinese).
6. Cobb, V.L. 1999. An international comparison of teacher education. Washington, DC: ERIC Clearinghouse on Teaching and Teacher Education.
7. Department for Education and Skills (DfES). 2006. Statistics of education: School workforce in England. http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/ VOL/v000633/index.shtml (accessed 11 August 2006).
8. Education and Manpower Bureau. 1999. Quality education-policy objective for Education and Manpower Bureau. Hong Kong: Printing Department.
9. Education Commission. 1992. Education Commission report no. 5: The teaching profession. Hong Kong: Government Printer.
10. Education Commission. 2000. Learning for life, learning through life - reform proposals for the education system in Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Printing Department.
11. Eurydice. 2004. Keeping teaching attractive for the 21st century. The teaching profession in Europe: Profile, trends and concerns report IV. Brussels: Eurydice.
12. Feistritzer, C.E. 2006. Alternative teacher certification: A state by state analysis 2006. Washington, DC: National Center for Alternative Certification.
13. Furlong, J. 2001. Reforming teacher education, re-forming teachers: Accountability, professionalism and competence. In Education, reform, and the state: Twenty-five years of politics, policy, and practice, ed. R. Phillips and J. Furlong. London: Routledge/Falmer.
14. Furlong, J. 2005. New labour and teacher education: The end of an era. Oxford Review of Education 31, no. 1: 119-34.
15. Hess, F.H., A. Rotherham, and K. Walsh. 2005. Finding the teachers we need. San Francisco: Policy Perspectives.
16. Hong Kong Government. 1997. The 1997 policy address. Hong Kong: Printing Department.
17. Hong Kong Government. 1998. The 1998 policy address. Hong Kong: Printing Department.
18. Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd). 2002. HKIEd's response to EMB's proposed changes to the Chief Executive's policy on new teacher qualification requirements. Unpublished document.
19. Hui, P. 2002. Time ripe for teachers to be fully trained, says institute. South China Morning Post, 31 October.
20. Lai, K.C. 2002. Lessons learnt on the long road towards an all-trained profession - fifty years of in-service training for non-graduate teachers in Hong Kong. Paper presented at the Symposium on Learning from the Past, Informing the Future: Education Then, Now and Tomorrow, Hong Kong.
21. Lai, K.C. 2005. Bureaucratic control and the professionalism of Hong Kong primary teachers. New Horizons in Education 51: 1-8 (in Chinese).
22. Lai, K.C., K.W. Ko, and C. Li. 2001. Profile of the teaching profession in Hong Kong in the 1990s. Hong Kong: Office of Planning and Academic Implementation, Hong Kong Institute of Education.
23. Legislative Council Question (LQC) 2. 2003. Qualification of newly inducted teachers, 12 March. Hong Kong: Legislative Council. http://www.edb.gov.hk/index.aspx?nodeID=136&langno=1&UTD=101181.
24. Legislative Council Question (LQC) 10. 1999. Teaching posts to be filled by professionally trained and degree holders, 17 November. Hong Kong: Legislative Council.
25. Legislative Council Question (LQC) 16. 2003. Supply and demand of teachers, 8 October. Hong Kong: Legislative Council.
26. Levine, A. 2006. Will universities maintain control of teacher education? Change 38, no. 4: 36-43.
27. Morris, P. 2004. Teaching in Hong Kong: Professionalization, accountability and the state. Research Papers in Education 19, no. 1: 105-21.
28. Morris, P., and I. Scott. 2003. Educational reform and policy implementation in Hong Kong. Journal of Education Policy 18, no. 1: 71-84.
29. National Commission on Teaching and America's Future (NCTAF). 1996. What matters most - teaching for America's future. New York: NCTAF.
30. Ng, T. 2002. HK lags the region in teacher training policy. Standard Student, 14 November.
31. Olson, L. 2006. Find more like this. Teacher Magazine 17, no. 5: 16.
32. Parliament of Victoria. 2005. Final report: Step up, step in, step out - report on the inquiry into the suitability of pre-service teacher training in Victoria (No. 115 Session 2003-2005). Victoria: Education and Training Committee.
33. Standing Committee on Language Education and Research (SCOLAR). 2003. Action plan to raise language standards in Hong Kong: Final review report. Hong Kong: Standing Committee on Language Education and Research.
34. Sweeting, A. 1995. An introduction to the history of teacher education in Hong Kong: Inservice, pre-service, and lip-service. Paper presented at the Teacher Education in the Asian Region: International Teacher Education Conference, Hong Kong.
35. University Grants Committee. 1998. Review of teacher education. Unpublished report. Hong Kong: University Grants Committee.
36. US Department of Education. 2002. Meeting the highly qualified teachers challenge: The Secretary's annual report on teacher quality. Washington, DC: US Department of Education.
37. US Department of Education. Office of Innovation and Improvement. 2004. Alternative routes to teacher certification. Washington, DC: US Department of Education.
38. Walsh, K. 2001. Teacher certification reconsidered: Stumbling for quality. Baltimore, MD: Abell Foundation.
39. Wardlaw, C. 2005. Supporting language learning in Hong Kong - are we doing enough? http://www.emb.gov.hk/index.aspx?langno=1&nodeID=4085 (accessed 23 October 2006).
40. Yinger, R.J., and A.L. Nolen. 2003. Surviving the legitimacy challenge. Phi Delta Kappan 84, no. 5: 386-90.