Teaching and Teacher Education South Asian Perspectives

This edited volume brings together diverse thinkers and practitioners from the field of teaching and teacher education as it pertains to educational development in South Asia. In this volume, authors draw from their research, practice, and field experiences, showcasing how teaching and teacher education are currently being carried out, understood, theorized, debated, and implemented for the education of children and teachers alike in South Asia. The volume also includes practitioner voices, which are often marginalized in academic discourse. This book acts as a key reference text for academics and practitioners interested in the intersection of education and development in the region, and in particular what it takes to pull off ambitious teaching and teacher education in South Asia.

Rohit Setty was a USIEF Fulbright–Nehru Fellow with the National Council of Educational Research and Training’s Regional Institute of Education, Mysore, India, and holds a PhD from the University of Michigan, USA.

Radhika Iyengar is Associate Research Scholar at the Center for Sustainable Development at the Earth Institute, Columbia University, USA. 

Matthew A. Witenstein is Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Administration at University of Dayton, USA. 

Erik Jon Byker is Assistant Professor in the Department of Reading and Elementary Education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA.

Huma Kidwai is Education Specialist with the World Bank’s East Africa Division (Education–Global Practice). She holds an EdD from Teachers College, Columbia University, USA.