Preservice Teacher Education

This volume of the TESOL Voices series focuses on the teacher education preparation gap between theory-focused courses and actual classroom practice. Explore approaches, challenges, and interpretations of preservice teacher education through the diverse context of teachers and students all over the world. Identify the role of technology in transforming online education and connecting people and content. Read how teachers evaluate their role when coteaching with content-area specialists and when adopting service learning components to their courses. Dissect the power of teacher feedback to maintain the student-teacher relationship and allow for communication to flow on both sides.

Thomas S.C. Farrell is Professor of Applied Linguistics at Brock University, Canada. Professor Farrell’s professional interests include Reflective Practice, and Language Teacher Education & Development. He has published widely and has presented at conferences worldwide on these topics. A selection of his work can be found on his webpage: Reflective Inquiry.