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What future for initial teacher education? New curriculum and new directions
Author(s) -
Burgess Hilary
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
the curriculum journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.843
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1469-3704
pISSN - 0958-5176
DOI - 10.1080/09585170050200594
Subject(s) - general partnership , curriculum , subject (documents) , pedagogy , teacher education , national curriculum , curriculum development , medical education , political science , mathematics education , sociology , psychology , medicine , library science , computer science , law
This article analyses aspects of the implementation of the National Curriculum for initial teacher training (ITT). It focuses on the impact of the standards upon course design and structure and particularly the emphasis on the development of subject knowledge. The assessment of students in terms of subject knowledge and the standards for qualified teacher status (QTS) are explored alongside the development of partnership schools and mentoring programmes. The impact of external agencies such as OFSTED and the TTA is included in the discussion. Future implications for primary and secondary ITT programmes are considered.