1 Chinese and German Perspectives on Quality in Teacher Education: An Introduction JOHN CHI-KIN LEE AND TIMO EHMKE 2 Teacher Education and Role of Educators under the Context of Educational Change in the Twenty-first Century: Prospects and Challenges JOHN CHI-KIN LEE AND STEPHEN YAM-WING YIP 3 Initial Teacher Education in Mainland China: The Impact of Accountability and Globalization ZHANG QIAN AND JOHN CHI-KIN LEE 4 Teacher Education in Germany: Historical Development, Status, Reforms and Challenges EWALD TERHART 5 Teacher Standards and Data Literacy of Teachers in China: Examples from Northern and Western Regions (Shanxi and Chongqing) YANG XIAO, JOHN CHI-KIN LEE AND QIU DEFENG 6 Innovative Approaches for Teacher Professional Development: Examples of Blended, Video- and Coaching-based Professional Development programs in Germany ANNA HOLSTEIN, CHRISTOPHER NEIL PRILOP, MARC KLEINKNECHT AND KIRA ELENA WEBER 7 E-Learning in Teacher Education in Hong Kong and Beijing in the Digital Era KONG SIU CHEUNG, HUANG RONGHUAI AND KWOK WAI YING 8 ICT in Teacher Education and ICT-Related Teacher Professional Development in Germany BIRGIT EICKELMANN, KERSTIN DROSSEL AND MELANIE HELDT 9 Teacher Education and Professional Development in STEM Education: Experiences in Mainland China and Hong Kong WINNIE WING-MUI SO, JOHN CHI-KIN LEE, YU CHEN, TIAN LUO, QIANWEN HE, FIONA NGAI-YING CHING, JIA LI AND QUN XIE 10 STEM Teacher Education in Germany: Organization, Expectations, and Challenges from the Perspectives of the Subjects Mathematics and Physics ANKE LINDMEIER AND KNUT NEUMANN 11 Implementing Education for Sustainable Development in the German School System: Implications for Teacher Education MATTHIAS BARTH AND LYDIA KATER-WETTSTÄDT 12 University-School Partnership for the Professional Development of Teachers in Hong Kong: A Case Study of Developing Self-regulated Learning in Students KO PO YUK AND JOHN CHI-KIN LEE 13 University-School Partnerships in Teacher Education in Germany ROBIN STRAUB AND TIMO EHMKE 14 Improving the Effectiveness of Teacher Training for the Vocational Education and Training (VET) Sector in China: Trends, Challenges and Approaches MARGARITA PAVLOVA AND CHRISTY SHIMIN CHEN 15 Teacher Education for the Vocational Education and Training (VET) Sector in Germany: Current Structures, Reforms and Challenges DINA KUHLEE 16 Teaching Chinese as a Second Language: Chinese perspective TONG HO-KIN, JOHN CHI-KIN LEE AND GUAN YUANYUAN GWENDOLINE 17 Teaching German as a second language: Implications for teacher education in Germany JENNIFER PAETSCH AND BIRGIT HEPPT 18 Teacher Education in China and Germany – Conclusions and Research Outlook TIMO EHMKE AND JOHN CHI-KIN LEE