Section One: Organisation and structure of teacher education -- Chapter 1 Developing an understanding of teacher education -- Chapter 2 The history of initial teacher preparation in international contexts -- Chapter 3 Structure of teacher education -- Chapter 4Approaches to teacher education -- Chapter 5 Teacher education curriculum -- Chapter 6 The practicum - The place of experience? -- Chapter 7 Reform efforts in teacher education -- Section 2: Knowledge and practice of teacher education -- Chapter 8 Pedagogy of teacher education -- Chapter 9 Pedagogical content knowledge in teacher education -- Chapter 10 Pedagogical reasoning in teacher education -- Chapter 11 The place of subject matter knowledge in teacher education -- Chapter 12 Professionalising the teacher education: Evolution of a changing knowledge and policy landscape -- Chapter 13 Learning from research on beginning teachers -- Chapter 14 Teacher education as a moral endeavor.The International Handbooks of Teacher Education cover major issues in the field through chapters that offer detailed literature reviews designed to help readers to understand the history, issues and research developments across those topics most relevant to the field of teacher education from an international perspective. This volume is divided into two sections: The organisation and structure of teacher education; and, knowledge and practice of teacher education. The first section explores the complexities of teacher education, including the critical components of preparing teachers for teaching, and various aspects of teaching and teacher education that create tensions and strains. The second examines the knowledge and practice of teacher education, including the critical components of teachers’ professional knowledge, the pedagogy of teacher education, and their interrelationships, and delves into what we know and why it matters in teacher education.