@article{Aydarova_Marquardt_2018, title={The Global Imperative for Teacher Education: Opportunities for Comparative and International Education}, volume={3}, url={https://fire-ojs-ttu.tdl.org/FIRE/article/view/98}, DOI={10.18275/fire201603011066}, abstractNote={In the context of globalization, teacher education has to respond to the global imperative by helping pre-service teachers develop global consciousness and awareness (Apple, 2011; Zhao, 2010). This paper addresses this imperative by first identifying the spaces for global competencies in teacher education standards at the national, regional, state, and institutional levels. Next, we analyze two universities}, number={1}, journal={FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education}, author={Aydarova, Elena and Marquardt, Sheila K}, year={2018}, month={Dec.} }