Teacher Education in at the Crossroads—Educational Ecosystems for Equity and Quality of Learning

Abstract

The chapter will draw a comprehensive picture of the foundations necessary for equity and quality of learning for all learners. Teachers and teacher education play a key role in ensuring inclusiveness and high-quality learning outcomes but their work happens in a bigger picture of educational systems. The chapter introduces the concept of educational ecosystem and highlights the importance of interconnectedness and information sharing between different parts of the system. The solutions can be sustainable only if the complex issues have been discussed and various involved partners seek joint solutions to education-related problems. The Finnish case, as an example of the actions which strengthen the interaction between teacher education and the whole educational system is introduced. At the end of the chapter, reflections on teacher education in the educational ecosystem will be summarized.