2024 ICET Awardees


ICET DISTINGUISHED FELLOW AWARDS are conferred on individuals who have made significant achievements in their national arenas and substantial contributions to international education which have been adopted or emulated by the education community worldwide.

President of the University of Lisbon (2006-2013), António Nóvoa is Full Professor at the Institute of Education of the University of Lisbon, Portugal. He served as Ambassador of Portugal to UNESCO (2018-2021). He earned a Ph.D. in History at Sorbonne University (Paris) and a Ph.D. in Educational Sciences at Geneva University (Switzerland). Several Brazilian and Portuguese universities have awarded him the title of Doctor Honoris Causa. Throughout his academic career he has been Professor in several international universities (Geneva, Wisconsin-Madison, Oxford, and Columbia-New York), and Visiting Professor for short periods in 20 universities around the world. Between 2000 and 2003, he served as President of ISCHE (the International Standing Conference for the History of Education).



Kari Smith is Professor Emerita (Ph.D.) of Education at the Department of Teacher Education, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Her main research interests are teacher education, professional development, mentoring novice teachers and assessment for and of learning. She has a long experience as teacher and teacher educator and has held several leadership positions in Norway and internationally. She was the Head of the Norwegian National Research School in Teacher Education (NAFOL) till July, 2022, and she was one of the founders and the project leader of the International Forum for Teacher Educator Development (InFo-TED) from 2013-2019. Professor Smith has lectured and published widely internationally. In March 2022 she was awarded as an honorary doctor by the University of Ghent, Belgium, and in 2023 she became an AERA Fellow.



A. Lin Goodwin (Ph.D.) is the Thomas More Brennan Professor of Education at the Lynch School of Education and Human Development, Boston College. Prior to joining Boston College, she was Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Hong Kong (2017-2022) and Vice Dean at Teachers College, Columbia University (TCCU/2011-2017), where she also held the Edward Evenden Professorship in Education. Professor Goodwin served as AERA Vice President—Division K: Teaching and Teacher Education (2013-2016). In 2022, she received the Spencer Foundation Mentor Award honoring her work with emerging academics and doctoral students. Dr. Goodwin’s research examines teacher/teacher educator beliefs, identities and development; equitable education and powerful teaching for immigrant and minoritized youth; comparative analyses of international teacher education practice and policy; and the experiences of Asian/Asian Americans in U.S. schools. She has been recognized for her research by AERA’s Committee on Scholars of Color, and by the National Institute of Education in Singapore as the inaugural Dr. Ruth Wong Professor of Teacher Education. She is the 2023 recipient of the AERA Division K Legacy Award that celebrates established scholars “who have made significant and exemplary contributions to the field of teaching and teacher education.”
THE AWARD FOR RESEARCH IN TEACHER EDUCATION recognizes the rigorous investigations conducted by an ICET member in contributing to the worldwide knowledge base for teacher education.

Linda la Velle is a Professor of Education at Bath Spa's Institute for Education and Emeritus Professor at the Institute of Education, University of Plymouth. Linda’s career in education spans over 40 years, including teaching science for 15 years in primary and secondary schools in and around London, 20 years of Initial Teacher Education provision in two Russell Group Higher Education Institutions and ten years of research leadership in a post-92 university. Linda is out-going Chair of the Research and International Committee of the Universities Council for the Education of Teachers (UCET) and Executive Editor of the Journal of Education for Teaching (JET).
Publications: 4 authored books; 2 edited books; 2 journal special editions; 9 book chapters; 12 official reports; 33 papers in international refereed journals; 60+ international conference presentations/papers.
THE DARELL BLOOM SERVICE AWARD recognizes individuals who have consistently contributed to the preparation of educators during their service to the organization and/or institution.

Maria Assunção Flores works at the University of Minho, Portugal. She received her Ph.D. at the University of Nottingham, UK. Her research interests include teacher professionalism and identity, teacher education and professional development, curriculum, assessment, leadership and higher education. She has published extensively on these topics both nationally and internationally. She is past Chair of the International Study Association on Teachers and Teaching and past Chair of the Board of Directors of the International Council of Education for Teaching. She is currently editor of the European Journal of Teacher Education and executive editor of Teachers and Teaching Theory and Practice.
THE JAMES O’MEARA BURSARY is awarded to a doctoral student who attends and presents a paper at a World Assembly, to offset the cost of participation.

Nokuthula Nkosi is currently pursuing a PhD in Education at the University of Johannesburg. (UJ) Her research explores the various forms of knowledge promoted in the South African school curriculum amidst VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous) conditions in South Africa. She aims to identify opportunities for enhancing knowledge democracy in curriculum development through a rhizomatic approach.
She earned her Master of Education in Curriculum Policy Evaluation from the University of Johannesburg (UJ) in 2021, where she also completed her Bachelor of Education in 2017 and an honours degree in Art with a specialization in Historical Studies in 2018. Additionally, Nokuthula holds two short learning programme certificates from UJ: one in Artificial Intelligence and another in Coding for teachers.In addition to her qualifications, Nokuthula serves as a lecturer in the Educational Foundations Department at the University of South Africa, where she teaches the Sociology of Education to first and second-year students. Her academic career began at UJ as a tutor from 2016 to 2019. She advanced to roles as head tutor, research assistant, and temporary lecturer before becoming an Assistant Lecturer in 2022. Between 2022 and 2024, Nokuthula presented four papers at international conferences and two at local conferences. Moreover, Nokuthula received an award for an Early Career/Emerging Young Researcher at The International Council on Education for Teaching (ICET) conference in 2024.