Abstract
In the concluding chapter a team of four of the authors-Hulme, Menter, Murray and O'Doherty-consider some of the implications of the analyses from the earlier sections of the book. In particular they consider the extent of convergence or divergence between teacher education policy in the five nations and ways in which global forces are acting on each national system. The chapter then goes on to discuss the ways in which teacher education relates to the school systems and may or may not create greater social justice. The links between teacher education and citizenship in contemporary democracies are considered and the chapter concludes by considering the future both for teacher education itself across the nations but also for the future of teacher education research.