Preface: Anne Burns and Jack C Richards Introduction: Anne Burns and Jack C Richards Section 1: The landscape of second language teacher education Introduction 1. The scope of second language teacher education - Donald Freeman 2. Trends in second language teacher education - Karen E Johnson 3. Critical language teacher education - Margaret Hawkins and Bonny Norton 4. Social and cultural perspectives - Charlotte Franson and Adrian Holliday Section 2: Professionalism and the language teaching profession; Introduction 5. Second language teacher professionalism - Constant Leung 6. Certification and professional qualifications - Susan Barduhn and Jenny Johnson 7. Standards and second language teacher education - Anne Katz and Marguerite Ann Snow 8. Assessment in second language teacher education - Donald Freeman, Gwynne Morrisey and Melinda McBee Orzulak 9. Teacher preparation and non-native English-speaking educators - Lía D Kamhi-Stein 10. 'Trainer development': Professional development for language teacher educators - Tony Wright Section 3: Pedagogical knowledge in second language teacher education Introduction 11. The curriculum of second language teacher education - Kathleen Graves 12. Knowledge about language - Nat Bartels 13. SLA and teacher education - Rod Ellis 14. Acquiring knowledge of discourse conventions in teacher education - John S Hedgcock Section 4: Identity, cognition and experience in teacher learnin Introduction 15. Personal practical knowledge in L2 teacher education - Paula Golombek 16. Language teacher cognition - Simon Borg 17. Teacher identity - Jennifer Miller 18. The novice teacher experience - Thomas S C Farrell 19. Teaching expertise: Approaches, perspectives and characterisations - Amy B M Tsui Section 5: Contexts for second language teacher education Introduction 20. Teaching and learning in the course room - Gurmit Singh and Jack C Richards 21. School-based experience - Michael K Legutke and Marita Schocker-v. Ditfurth 22. Language-teacher eduction by distance - David R Hall and John S Knox 23. Technology and second language teacher education - Hayo Reinders Section 6: Second language teacher education through collaboration Introduction 24. Collaborative teacher development - Bill Johnston 25. The practicum - Jerry G Gebhard 26. Mentoring - Angi Malderez 27. Language teacher supervision - Kathleen M Bailey Section 7: Second language teacher development through research and practice Introduction 28. Second language classroom research - Sandra Lee McKay 29. Action research and second language teacher education - Anne Burns 30. Reflective practice - Jill Burton

Overview of the current issues, debates and approaches in Second Language Teacher Education.