Primary teacher education : high status? high standards? / edited by Colin Richards, Neil Simco, Sam Twiselton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Richards, Colin.

Simco, Neil.

Twiselton, Sam.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elementary school teaching--Great Britain.

Elementary school teaching.

Primary school teachers.

Education.

Great Britain.

Education, Elementary--Great Britain.

Education, Elementary.

Primary school teachers--Education.

Physical Description:

viii, 232 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Brisol, PA : Falmer Press, 1998.

Summary:

Informed professional debate about primary teacher education is long overdue. This book provides a sense of direction and impetus in this debate by focusing on pressing topical issues of policy and provision. There is focus on the current national scrutiny of initial and inservice teacher training, which is resulting in the development of a National Curriculum for ITE, the proposal of a General Teaching Council and Continuing Professional Development initiatives from the TTA. In addition, the book will be of direct use in the design and implementation of new courses in teacher education, and it takes a proactive stand on the issues in contrast to the dominant culture in teacher education, which is largely reactive to government policy shifts. All the contributions have been specially commissioned for this book, and will analyze trends, identify emerging issues and draw conclusions about likely future developments.

Contents:

Carolyn Horne: A Very Enabling Woman / Ian Edynbry viii

Introduction: Primary Teacher Education: New Directions, New Issues, New Problems, New Opportunities / Colin Richards, Neil Simco, Sam Twiselton 1

Part 1 The Changing Context of Primary Teacher Education 3

Chapter 1 Changing Teacher Education

Genuine Partnership or Arranged Marriage? / Rob Hyland, Glynis Wood 4

Chapter 2 The Teacher Training Agency, Higher Education and the Professionalism of Initial Teacher Educators / Kate Jacques 14

Chapter 3 Primary Teaching: High Status? High Standards? A Personal Response to Recent Initiatives / Colin Richards 25

Part 2 A New National Curriculum for Primary Initial Teacher Education 35

Chapter 4 Circular 10/97: Its Context and Implications for Course Design and Development / Jack Hogbin, Karen Jarmany 36

Chapter 5 A Key Stage 6 Core Curriculum? A Critique of the National Curriculum for Initial Teacher Training / Colin Richards, Paul Harling, David Webb 46

Chapter 6 Primary ITE English National Curriculum: Model Standards or Standard Model? / Bob Leather, Kath Langley Hamel 66

Chapter 7 Mathematics

By Design With Confidence / Robin Foster 78

Chapter 8 Beyond the Core: Raising Standards Across the Curriculum / Rob David, Kevin Hamel, Chris Rowley 90

Chapter 9 IT: Meeting The New Requirements / Dave Murray, Jill Collison 99

Chapter 10 Teacher Education and PSMSC

Implications of the New Requirements / Tony Ewens 107

Part 3 Pedagogy in Initial Teacher Education 117

Chapter 11 Initial Teacher Education as the Acquisition of Technical Skills for Teaching: A Panacea for the Future? / Neil Simco 118

Chapter 12 Towards Effective Communication / Kay Mills 128

Chapter 13 Drama as a Way to Teach Teachers about Teaching / Nigel Toye, Francis Prendiville 137

Chapter 14 The Trouble With English: The Challenge of Developing Subject Knowledge in School / Sam Twiselton, David Webb 150

Part 4 Emerging Issues in Mentoring 165

Chapter 15 Mentoring: Possible Developments and Constraints / Hilary Cooper, Charles Batteson 166

Chapter 16 Mentoring: Realising the True Potential of School-based ITE / Jill Collison 173

Chapter 17 Mentor Assessment of Trainee Competence

The Introduction of Grading / Chris Sixsmith 181

Part 5 Beyond Initial Teacher Education 191

Chapter 18 The Induction of New Teachers: The Road to High Status and High Standards? / Neil Simco 192

Chapter 19 Turning Round the Titanic: Changing Attitudes to Professional Development for the Teaching Profession / Meryl Thompson 201

Part 6 Primary Education and Primary Teacher Education 215

Chapter 20 Conversations and Collaboration: Primary Education as a Community of Practice / Anne Edwards 216.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0750708468

075070845X

OCLC:

39944948