Aiming higher: how will universities respond to changes in initial teacher training for the post-compulsory sector in England?

Simmons, Robin and Thompson, Ron (2007) Aiming higher: how will universities respond to changes in initial teacher training for the post-compulsory sector in England? Journal of further and higher education, 31 (2). pp. 171-182. ISSN 1469-9486

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Abstract

Initial teacher training for post-compulsory education in England is currently undergoing profound change in terms of central direction of curricula and the provision of financial support for trainees. Within a discourse of the 'professionalisation' of teaching in the sector, unprecedented control of the detailed structure and content of training courses has been established and is increasing in extent. At the same time, principles of free access to Cert. Ed. and PGCE courses are being set aside, so that those universities which provide training are simultaneously contending with imposed curriculum change and with a serious threat to student recruitment. This article examines the origins and nature of these developments, considers the political and economic background from which they stem, and discusses in detail some features of the characteristic discourse of the reforms instituted by central government. It goes on to consider the likely effects of the recent and on-going changes in university-led training and suggests that the outcome of the reforms might be to undermine the government's own aspirations for professionalisation of the teaching workforce in post-compulsory education.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	UoA 45 (Education)
Subjects:	L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education
Schools:	School of Education and Professional Development School of Education and Professional Development > Centre of Lifelong Learning and Social Justice School of Education and Professional Development > Centre of Lifelong Learning and Social Justice > Policy Research Group School of Education and Professional Development > Centre of Lifelong Learning and Social Justice > Teaching, Public Pedagogies and Professionalism Research Group School of Education and Professional Development > Centre of Lifelong Learning and Social Justice > Social Cohesion Research Group
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Depositing User:	Graham Stone
Date Deposited:	23 Jun 2008 11:20
Last Modified:	06 Aug 2013 11:48
URI:	http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/848

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