Volume-46 Special Issue – Studies on Aspects of Teacher Preparation Special Issue Editor: Dr. Teresa O’Doherty Introduction to the special issue Teresa O’Doherty Teacher Education on Dyslexia: An Analysis of Policy and Practice in Australia and England Carolyn Maxwell Student Teachers’ Interpretation of Leadership in Educational Contexts Eilís O’Sullivan and Margaret Nohilly Student Teacher Educational Research (STER): An Innovation in Irish Teacher Education Aimie Brennan Mentoring and Assessing Student Teachers on School Placement: Integrating Theory and Practice Kathy Hall, Regina Murphy, Bernadette Ní Áingléis and Vanessa Rutherford