Teacher education reform in Scotland: national and global influences

Ian Menter*, Moira Hulme

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Abstract

This article provides an overview of the background and recent developments leading to the current reshaping of teacher education in Scotland, starting with the developments emanating in the past decade from the McCrone Report and finishing with the recent Donaldson Report, Teaching Scotland’s Future. It documents the key features of the report and the impact that this will have on current teacher education provision in Scotland.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)387-397
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Education for Teaching
Volume37
Issue number4
Early online date21 Sept 2011
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • McCrone Report
  • Donaldson Report
  • initial teacher education (ITE)
  • Chartered Teacher (CT) Scheme
  • Scottish Qualification for Headship (SQH)
  • continuing professional development (CPD)
  • universities
  • local authorities

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