This book explores teaching abroad during initial teacher education an increasingly common
practice in the initial preparation of teachers. Teaching abroad involves pre-service teachers
spending a defined period teaching in a foreign country or in an alternative and preferably a
distinctly different education system from the one in which they are receiving their initial
teacher education. The book drawing on relevant literature and the author's first-hand
experience of developing and leading a teaching-abroad project is a concise but comprehensive
introduction to the field. Important aspects of the initiative such as rationale project
designs benefits criticisms and limitations community considerations and future
possibilities are included. The book is an important starting point for teacher educators
interested in developing teaching abroad projects as well as academics and scholars interested
in the principles practices and debates around teaching abroad in initial teacher education.
