Avenues for the internationalization of higher education have prompted teacher education institution administrators in the Philippines to prepare ESL pre-service teachers in the global teaching setting, South East Asian countries in particular. Consequently, a number of teacher training...

"This book locates teacher unions at the crux of the enduring tensions between teachers' own low status in the educational system and the necessary autonomy and working conditions to teach effectively and well. The chapters, focusing on teacher unions in Canada, the U.S., and England reveal the...