QUALITY ASSURANCE IN TEACHER EDUCATION

Preparing teachers for working in multicultural contexts in an increasingly globalised world is one of the crucial challenges facing teacher educators today. Attitudinal factors are fundamental to this, and while life experiences may be central to attitudinal change, college courses can support this work in a very real way. Courses on development and intercultural education may challenge some students? attitudes yet may also provide essential support for those students who already have a predisposition towards issues of social justice. For those students, DICE sessions may provide a dedicated space in which to explore matters of importance to them, about equality and justice, whether local or global, and gain tools for incorporating these issues into their future teaching.