The New Political Economy of Teacher Education

Front Cover -- The New Political Economy of Teacher Education: The Enterprise Narrative and the Shadow State -- Copyright information -- Contents -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- ONE After the crash: a new crisis of teacher education -- The welfare state, public education and preparing teachers -- 'New deals' for 'great societies': origins of welfare states -- Origins and inclusions across national contexts -- Education as welfare state proxy -- Introducing the enterprise narrative and the shadow state -- A political economy approach to the study of teacher education -- Discontent, nostalgic hubris and a cultural political economy of teacher education -- The book in outline -- TWO Teacher education and the enterprise narrative -- A cultural-historical approach to political economy: the importance of social situations of development -- Histories of teacher education: moralities and nation-building -- The US: teacher education after colonisation -- England: teacher education, social class and empire -- Norway: teacher education for community and nation -- The enterprise narrative -- The problem of the welfare state and the appeal of the enterprise narrative -- The appeal of the enterprise narrative - and the evidence -- The enterprise narrative and teacher education -- The case of the Academy of Urban School Leadership (AUSL) in Chicago -- The meaning of AUSL in the history of teacher education reform in Chicago -- The case of national policy in England: neither experts nor entrepreneurs? -- Conclusion -- THREE 'Growing your own': producer capture, branding and vertical integration -- Producer capture and welfare state failure -- Brands and branding in the public sector -- Vertical integration and the supply of teachers -- Growing your own: teacher education and teacher supply in the US.