This volume is divided into three parts. The first part includes studies concerning the education of teachers in Greece and Cyprus, as well as topics on adult education. The second part consists of studies related to teacher education in various countries and comprises case studies. Finally, the third part includes a general overview of teacher education today.

Contents:

Part A: Teachers and adult education in Greece and Cyprus

• Alexis Kokkos, "Adult education in Greece"
• Sifis Bouzakis, "The training of Greek teachers (1834-2010): from the teacher of the national state to the teacher of interculturalism and the European dimension".
• Zacharias Palios, Efrosini-Alkisti Paraskevopoulou - Kollia, "No one is more foolish than doctors...: The social image of Greek teachers today".
• Spyros Pantazis, Maria Sakellariou, "The training of future educators-kindergarten teachers in pedagogical schools from their own perspective: a nationwide research".
• Petros Pasciardis, Georgia Pasciardi: "The excellent teachers in Cyprus".

Part B: Teacher education around the world

• P. K. Kubow, "Teacher education around the world and the peculiarities of the case of the USA: a study of teacher education in the USA and the consequences of the globalization of teacher education curricula".
• Tien-Hui Chiang, "The professional status of primary education teachers in Taiwan".
• Hsin-Hsiang Lee, Mao-Neng Li, "The relationship between the culture of teachers who excelled in their teaching and the performance of the group they taught: a case study".
• Hans Dorf, "Teacher education in Denmark: challenges and controversies in a Scandinavian and European context".
• Gilian Hilton, "Teacher training in England: a constantly changing perspective where the concept of education has been lost in favor of training".
• Sabine Kahn, "Teacher education today: issues and challenges in Francophone Belgium".
• Shosh Leshem, Zvia Markovitz, "Factors not included in teacher education programs: gender and stress".
• Jacob Marriote Ngwaru, Cathrine Ngwaru, "Teacher education or language policy for students with English as a second language in South Africa".
• Witold Tulasiewitz, "Education in Poland".
• Rimantas Zelvys, "Teacher education in Lithuania: modern trends and developments".
• Carl C. Wolhuter, "Teacher education in South Africa from an international perspective".

Part C: Teacher education, a general review

• Rena Psifidou, "The diminishing paradox: changes in the policy for the education and training of teachers in Europe".
• Carl C. Wolhuter, "Teacher education meets the 21st-century society".