6. Shaping ‘the Good Teacher’ in Danish and Kenyan Teacher Education

Chapter six, ‘Shaping “the Good Teacher” in Danish and Kenyan Teacher Education’, uses ethnographic material and quantitative data to compare practices in two very different countries where the author, Kari Kragh Blume Dahl, has lived and worked. She questions what informal, institutional norms look like in both contexts and how these impinge on the student group, and she examines the links between institutional discursive power and individual identification, seeking an understanding of what promotes a sense of identity and belonging in students. Her chapter also provides useful contextual data on schooling in each country.