This handbook provides a comprehensive, scholarly overview of teacher education in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), since the fall of communism in 1989. Subsequently, contemporary teacher education policies, structures, and practices are explored in light of Bologna reforms, EU higher education policies, and globalisation processes.

Part I Introduction.- 1 Setting the Scene: The Changing Contexts of Teacher Education in Central and Eastern Europe and Beyond.- Part II The Visegrad Countries.- 2 Teacher Education in the Czech Republic: Recent Developments and Future Prospects.- 3 Teacher Education in Hungary: Between Autonomy and Control.- 4 Teacher Education in Poland: Contested Terrains Between Policy and Practice.- 5 Teacher Education in Slovakia: Recent Joys and Challenges for the Future.- Part III The Balkans.- 6 Teacher Education in Albania: Reforms and Future Developments.- 7 Teacher Education in Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Most Significant Changes in Recent Decades for the Initial Education and Professional Development of Teachers.- 8 Teacher Education in Croatia: Reforms and Challenges.- 9 Teacher Education in the Republic of Serbia: Challenges, Possibilities, and Directions for Development.- 10 Teacher Education in Kosovo: Responding to a Challenging Local Context and Converging Towards Good International Practices.- 11 Teacher Education in North Macedonia: Reforms, Standardisation, and Creating Communities of Lifelong Learners.- 12 Teacher Education in Slovenia: Between the Past, the Present, and the Future.- 13 Teacher Education in Montenegro: The Current State, Challenges, and Future Perspectives.- 14 The Professionalisation of Teaching Careers in Romania: Transition Processes from Pre-university Education to Higher Education.- 15 Teacher Education in Bulgaria: The Last Three Decades.- Part IV The Baltics.- 16 Teacher Education in Lithuania: Striving for Professionalism.- 17 Teacher Education in Latvia: Educating Teachers to Become Global Citizens.- 18 Teacher Education in Estonia: From the Soviet School System to One of the Best in Europe According to PISA Results.- Part V Eastern Europe.- 19 Teacher Education in Russia: The Current State and Development Prospects.- 20 Teacher Education and Professional Development in the Republic of Belarus: 1990–2020 Overview and Future Prospects.- 21 Teacher Education in the Republic of Moldova: Past and Present Trends.- 22 Teacher Education in Ukraine: Surfing the Third Wave of Change.- Part VI Conclusion.- 23 Teacher Education in Central and Eastern Europe: Emerging Themes and Potential Future Trajectories.

This handbook provides a comprehensive, scholarly overview of teacher education in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), since the fall of communism in 1989. It looks closely at recent trends, emerging practices, and possible futures for teacher education in twenty-one CEE countries – reaching from the Balkans, through the Visegrad Group, to Eastern Europe and the Baltics. The contributing authors reflect on their own countries’ uphill battles and journeys towards modernising teacher education over the last three decades. Subsequently, contemporary teacher education policies, structures, and practices are explored in light of Bologna reforms, EU higher education policies, and globalisation processes. Each chapter also offers some predictions about likely future trajectories – with concrete suggestions on how to develop and improve teacher education systems in response to the growing pressures of neoliberal ideologies. The Palgrave Handbook of Teacher Education in Central and Eastern Europe provides a valuable reference that enriches the work of scholars, students, policymakers, and practitioners across CEE and beyond.

“This timely handbook provides a comprehensive overview of teacher education in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), since the fall of communism in 1989 in twenty-one CEE countries. The scope is comprehensive including countries in the Balkans, the Visegrad Group, Eastern Europe, and the Baltics. Each country chapter covers education trajectories in each national context over the last three decades; analyses teacher education reform trends and their effects on the structure and organization of teacher education provision; and opens up new horizons for rethinking teacher education policies and practices in CEE in an increasingly globalized world. 
I applaud the authors for their useful and original work. The examination of how ‘three decades of substantial reforms have impacted teacher education systems in the CEE region […] by examining recent trends, emerging practices, and possible future scenarios for teacher education’ promises to be an excellent contribution to the scholarly literature in the field of comparative teacher education.” (Maria Teresa Tatto, Professor, Arizona State University, USA)

“The initial idea for this book sparked when I was President of the ATEE, and I immediately supported it since it fills a great need for a deep, comparative overview of the contemporary Central and Eastern European context in teacher education literature. This very high quality book gives the reader a unique opportunity to expand their perspectives on teacher education by listening to voices from beyond the borders of Western Europe. The Palgrave Handbook of Teacher Education in Central and Eastern Europe is a groundbreaking contribution to the field that I believe will prove very useful to scholars and students alike.” (Åsa Morberg, Professor, University of Gävle, Sweden)

“The Handbook of Teacher Education in Central and Eastern Europe is as impressive as it is timely. It provides a comprehensive mapping of teacher education across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).  The editorial team, who are well-known scholars in the field of teacher education, have brought together authors from twenty-one countries in CEE. Each chapter offers readers fascinating and important insights into developments, opportunities and challenges through sustained periods of radical reform.  These chapters provide a window to understanding complex reform processes from a country perspective, while holistically the book enables understanding of similarities, differences, emerging trends and themes that have relevance for all readers interested in the development of teacher education. At a time when there is increasing emphasis on the importance of engaging with plurality of knowledges and diverse ontological realities, this publication makes a significant contribution to broadening understanding from multiple perspectives of teacher education across Central and Eastern Europe.” (Kay Livingston, Professor, University of Glasgow, Scotland)

Conveys teacher education trajectories in a variety of national contexts over the last three decades Provides analysis of teacher education reform trends and implications for teacher education provision Opens up new horizons for rethinking teacher education policies and practices in Central and Eastern Europe

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