International Qualification Recognition and Teacher Education: the Negotiation of Different Educational Cultures

Abstract

Australian teacher education is now part of changed and changing global community. In March 2008 one Australian university launched its “education passport†in the interests of promoting more portable degrees. It is a symbol and also an invitation for the international qualification recognition, just like the Diploma Supplement and the Australian Higher Education Graduation Statement (AHEGS). As a supplementary policy to the Australian higher education policies, the Australian Higher Education Graduation Statement is expected to increase the teacher and student mobility in Australian and the Asian-Pacific region. This paper explores what the Australian Higher Education Graduation Statement means for teacher education by locating Australian teacher education in relation to a review of the literature on international policy developments emanating from the Europe, and Australia’s responses to these policies.