Teacher education in the Netherlands: Teacher Educators' Struggles over Monopoly and Autonomy 1990-2010

The profession of teacher educators in the Netherlands is relatively well developed and has its own association, a journal, annual meetings, a standard which is developed by the profession and a system for registration of teacher educators (http://www.lerarenopleider.nl/velon/about-velon/). As elsewhere in Europe (European Commission 2013), teacher educators are recognized as a distinct professional group within the larger educational profession. Yet, more than ever in history, the Dutch government interferes with teacher education, apparently without involving teacher educators explicitly in... Mehr ...