Introduction. The Necessity for High-Quality Initial Professional Studies for Teachers in Europe

Abstract

The chapter is the opening chapter of the monograph Educating Pre-primary and Primary Teachers Today: Quality Initial Professional Studies for Teachers in Six European Union Countries. The chapter provides an introductory insight into the issues, introduces the research methodology and the research questions that the monograph seeks to answer.

Keywords

• High-Quality Initial Professional Studies
• Pre-primary school Teachers
• Primary school Teachers
• Europe
• Comparative Study