The contents of this book represent the best papers presented at the 2015 ATEE Spring Conference, a forum at which European teacher educators could learn from each other and also from experiences, research and ideas from outside Europe. As such, this book will serve to stimulate dialogue among teacher educators, researchers on teacher education, students, teachers, employers, politicians, supervisory bodies, NGOs and other groups involved in teacher education and research and innovation in teacher education.
Lūcija Rutka is Professor at the University of Latvia, and an expert in education at the Council of Sciences of the Republic of Latvia. Her research interests focus on teacher psychological competence and assessment of educator practice in teacher education and school development.