This study was aimed to identify the inter-relationships among internal factors and external factors that might affect pre-service teachers’ use of ICT. The participants were 1898 pre-service teachers in 18 different Turkish universities. The results indicate that pre-service teachers might have difficulty with integrating technology into the teaching and learning process. This study revealed that Turkish pre-service teachers used basic ICT applications. The pre-service teachers also reported that their knowledge level about advanced ICT applications was low.

This article describes the Noewegian teacher education context in which two new teacher educators, John and Karen, start work in a university. The article looks at the many roles they have to undertake in that work, and the explicit and implicit requirements they have to meet. Finally, the article examines some of the frustrations both John and Karen may face, many of which are shared by their more experienced peers, as members of the professional community of teacher educators.

This case study examined the professional development of a pre-service mathematics teacher. The objective was to identify the circumstances in which professional activity developed during and as a result of mentoring interactions and classroom teaching experience. The results show that the instructions given by the co-operating teacher, university supervisor, and an experienced maths teacher were resources for this development when they allowed the pre-service teacher to think about her teaching activity and construct more personal actions, adapted to the characteristics of her classroom experience.

This article reports on the course entitled Capstone Mathematics, Statistics, and Technology for Teachers at Utah State University (USU). This course combines the goals of a capstone mathematics experience and those of a technology course for future teachers. The students in this course learn to use technology as they examine secondary mathematics topics from an advanced standpoint. The author concludes that technology skills can be most effectively addressed in the context of collaborative mathematics learning experiences.

In this article, The authors identify half a dozen challenges that confront the schooling of children and youth and appeal for teacher educators to lead efforts to address each of these needs. The authors recommend that teacher educators should rethink continually the content of programmes, the way courses are delivered, the suitability of the clinical component and the student teaching experience, and the best ways to assess the impact of the programme.

This article examines how trainee teacher used Information and Communication Technology to enhance their students' learning. The article focuses on teaching history education in Scotland through a series of multimedia CD ROMs. The author concludes that Scottish multimedia resources helped students investigate the past through a process which began by asking questions and ended with presenting the conclusions. Furthermore, the programs also demonstrate to teacher trainees some of the ways in which ICT can enhance teaching and learning.

The current article examines the major trends in the recent ITE curriculum in the Portuguese context, as a consequence of the Bologna process, which has been in place in European universities over the past few years. The author concludes that there are several issues who need further concern, such as the link between theory and practice and university context and school context, the recruitment and training of mentors and supervisors, and the developing of a training project with and within schools .

This article has explored how cultural, social and institutional factors impact on the working lives and identities of teacher educators in Scotland. The author found that four groups constitute the bulk of the academic staff populating the departments and schools of education in Scotland. These four distinctive groups include former college staff, longstanding university staff, newly appointed university staff, and temporary university staff. For each group, there is a range of factors that will have shaped their professional identity as well as a number of choices or decisions they have made that will also play a significant part.

This article provides a brief overview of Canadian pre-service teacher education. The article also outlines some issues and factors facing and influencing these teacher education programmes, such as declining school enrolment, the use and abuse of technology and social media, the theory–practice divide and accessibility to teacher education programmes.