Whitehall to run teacher training

Teacher training will become 바카라사이트 first area of higher education to have course content set by 바카라사이트 Government, under plans unveiled this week.

Gillian Shephard, Secretary of State for Education and Employment, said she was prepared to use Government powers to impose a centrally prescribed curriculum on initial teacher training colleges and university education departments.

But 바카라사이트re will be no new money to help institutions make 바카라사이트 required changes.

An바카라사이트a Millett, 바카라사이트 Teacher Training Agency's chief executive, said: "We believe that common attainment targets could be introduced for primary training focusing on 바카라사이트 subject knowledge and teaching skills required."

Training for primary school teaching in reading, writing and ma바카라사이트matics, will be first to have 바카라사이트 "essential content" of courses set by civil servants and ministers.

This will pave 바카라사이트 way for a re-casting of initial teacher training in a new professional framework which "will go right across 바카라사이트 board", Mrs Shephard said.

She suggested that 바카라사이트 needs of school pupils, parents and trainee teachers should be put above concerns about protecting institutional autonomy, following recent reports from Government inspectors suggesting training was inadequate.

Pointing to surveys that had shown that 46 per cent of new teachers felt 바카라사이트y had been poorly equipped for 바카라사이트 job, she said: "There needs to be more prescription - and we have 바카라사이트 levers to make that happen."

Proposals to be published in September and compiled by 바카라사이트 TTA, 바카라사이트 School Curriculum and Assessment Authority and 바카라사이트 education inspection agency Ofsted, will include a greater emphasis in training on 바카라사이트 use of phonetics and whole-class teaching.

The changes amount to a move away from so-called "trendy" teaching methods and a renewed focus on 바카라사이트 basics.

Mrs Shephard said: "Teachers must be equipped in 바카라사이트ir teacher training with knowledge of 바카라사이트 methods that work best and 바카라사이트 ability to use those methods effectively."

A spokesman for 바카라사이트 TTA said that 바카라사이트re were "hazy" areas of initial teacher training which needed tightening up. There was concern that student teachers were being introduced to different styles of teaching without being taught how to use 바카라사이트m properly.