Abstract
In order to understand teacher education policy in Scotland, it is necessary to set the wider public policy context in which teacher education sits. The first part of this chapter does that, before going on to look at teacher education as a policy field in itself. Against this background we then problematise the specifics of teacher education policy in the Scottish context, which includes an exploration of the policy community itself, processes of policy deliberation and resulting policy instruments. Our intention is not to produce a chronology of teacher education policy in Scotland - that can be found elsewhere (eg, Hulme and Menter, 2013) - but rather to consider how teacher education policy functions as a part of wider public policy making in Scotland.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Teacher Education in Times of Change |
| Editors | Gary Beauchamp, Linda Clarke, Moira Hulme, Martin Jephcote, Aileen Kennedy, Geraldine Magennis, Ian Menter, Jean Murray, Trevor Mutton, Teresa O'Doherty, Gillian Peiser |
| Place of Publication | Bristol |
| Publisher | Policy Press |
| Pages | 91-108 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781447318576, 9781447318583 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781447318538, 9781447318545 |
| Publication status | Published - 2 Dec 2015 |
| Externally published | Yes |