Table of contents : Front Matter ....Pages i-xii Critical Perspectives On Teachers And Teaching: An Appreciative Examination (Mathew A. White, Faye McCallum)....Pages 1-15 The Changing Nature of Teachers’ Work and Its Impact on Wellbeing (Faye McCallum)....Pages 17-44 Transforming Higher Education Teaching for Twenty-First-Century Skills (Linda Westphalen)....Pages 45-60 The Impact of Introducing iPads in Teacher Education: A Case Study (Walter Barbieri)....Pages 61-85 Blended Learning Needs Blended Evaluation (John Willison)....Pages 87-106 New Understandings of Instructional Theory: Finding the Instructional ‘Sweet Spot’ (Brendan Bentley)....Pages 107-122 Quality and Equity of Student Performance in Mathematics in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam (I. Gusti Ngurah Darmawan)....Pages 123-144 Inspiring and Transforming the Pre-service Teacher Through Authentic Classroom Preparation (Robert Matthews)....Pages 145-164 Pre-service Teachers’ Perceptions of Character and Well-Being (Mathew A. White)....Pages 165-187 Shaping Professional Development of Educators: The Role of School Leaders (Lynda MacLeod)....Pages 189-217