An ethics of innovation for teacher education: an interview with Anne Phelan

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Acknowledgement

Sincere thanks to editors of APJTE for the opportunity to share some of my thoughts about teacher education in these times. Many of the ideas recounted above were previously shared as part of a keynote address at the annual 2021 meeting of the Australian Teacher Education Association (ATEA) and in a series of co-authored publications with colleagues Dion Rüsselbæk Hansen (University of Southern Denmark), Matthew Clarke (York St. John University), and Jill Morris (University of British Columbia) whose insights continue to inform my thinking about teaching and teacher education.

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Anne M. Phelan

Anne M. Phelan is a Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy, and co-Director of the Centre for the Study of Teacher Education, at the University of British Columbia. She is also Honorary Professor in the Department of Policy and Leadership at the Education University of Hong Kong. Her research focuses on the intellectual and political freedom of K-12 teachers and on the creation of teacher education programs and policies that support that end.