This Cambridge Elements series focuses on transformative pedagogies and the role they do and might play in addressing the Critical Issues in Teacher Education. The elements will feature research into the most feasible, direct and frugal methods that teacher education and professional development programs can employ to enable teachers who can think for themselves, teach to the diversity of their students and see education as a means of pulling humankind back from the precipice of extinction that we now face. The emancipatory knowledge featured in these elements goes beyond what is possible in book collections and journals. It will showcase the important work of first nation researchers, teacher education scholars from hitherto marginalised regions in the global south and from all researchers in teacher education who believe that to make a difference they need to do research differently.
Tony Loughland is a Professor and Head of School of Education at the University of New South Wales. Tony is an experienced educator who likes to think that theory should be the plaything of practice. Tony is currently leading projects on mentoring conversations on professional experience and professional growth cultures in schools.
Andy Gao is a Professor at the School of Education, the University of New South Wales, Australia. He has been involved in teacher education in a variety of contexts. His research covers broad areas of language education, including international students’ educational experiences, autonomous language learning, language learning strategy, language learner autonomy, language education policy and language teacher education. Relevant publications have appeared in journals such as Asia Pacific Education Researcher, Journal of Education for Teaching, Research Papers in Education, Studies in Higher Education, System, Teaching and Teacher Education and TESOL Quarterly. He edits various internationally-renowned journals, such as International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching for De Gruyter and Asia Pacific Education Researcher for Springer. He also serves on the editorial boards of journals, including Asia Pacific Education Review, International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism and Teacher Development.
Hoa T. M. Nguyen is an associate professor in the School of Education, the University of New South Wales, Australia. She specialises in teacher education/development, mentoring and sociocultural theory. She has experience teaching and training pre-service and in-service teachers in Asia and Australia. She has also investigated topics like implementing teaching methods in response to language policy reform. Relevant publications have appeared in Teaching and teacher education, Mentoring and Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, Australian Journal of Education and Teaching and Teacher Education. She has procured a number of grants in these areas in her career. Her research excellence has been recognised by multiple awards such as the Research Recognition Award for Early Career Researchers (ATEA); Endeavor Fellowship Award. She has also held visiting and honorary positions at the University of Sydney, Kings' College London, the University of Leeds and the University of Oxford.
