Primary Teacher Education

Colin Richards, Neil Simco, Sam Twiselton

'This collection of articles challenges recent UK policy in primary teacher education and development.' - The Teacher Trainer

• Introduction: Primary Teacher Education: New Directions, New Issues, New Problems, New Opportunities, Colin Richards, Neil Simco, Sam Twiselton; Part 01 The Changing Context of Primary Teacher Education, Colin Richards, Neil Simco, Sam Twiselton; Chapter 1 Changing Teacher Education—Genuine Part nership or Arranged Marriage?, Rob Hyland, Glynis Wood; Chapter 2 The Teacher Training Agency, Higher Education and the Professionalism of Initial Teacher Educators, Kate Jacques; Chapter 3 Primary Teaching: High Status? High Standards?, Colin Richards; Part 02 A New National Curriculum for Primary Initial Teacher Education, Colin Richards, Neil Simco, Sam Twiselton; Chapter 4 Circular 10/97: Its Context and Implications for Course Design and Development, Jack Hogbin, Karen Jarmany; Chapter 5 A Key Stage 6 Core Curriculum? A Critique of the National Curriculum for Initial Teacher Training, Colin Richards, Paul Harling, David Webb; Chapter 6 Primary ITE English National Curriculum: Model Standards or Standard Model?, Bob Leather, Kath Langley Hamel; Chapter 7 Mathematics—By Design With Confidence, Robin Foster; Chapter 8 Beyond the Core: Raising Standards Across the Curriculum, Rob David, Kevin Hamel, Chris Rowley; Chapter 9 IT: Meeting the New Requirements, Dave Murray, Jill Collison; Chapter 10 Teacher Education and PSMSC—Implications of the New Requirements, Tony Ewens; Part 03 Pedagogy in Initial Teacher Education, Colin Richards, Neil Simco, Sam Twiselton; Chapter 11 Initial Teacher Education as the Acquisition of Technical Skills for Teaching: A Panacea for the Future?, Neil Simco; Chapter 12 Towards Effective Communication, Kay Mills; Chapter 13 Drama as a Way to Teach Teachers about Teaching, Nigel Toye, Francis Prendiville; Chapter 14 The Trouble With English: The Challenge of Developing Subject Knowledge in School, Sam Twiselton, David Webb; Part 04 Emerging Issues in Mentoring, Colin Richards, Neil Simco, Sam Twiselton; Chapter 15 Mentoring: Possible Developments and Constraints, Hilary Cooper, Charles Batteson; Chapter 16 Mentoring: Realising the True Potential of School-based ITE, Jill Collison; Chapter 17 Mentor Assessment of Trainee Competence—The Introduction of Grading, Chris Sixsmith; Part 05 Beyond Initial Teacher Education, Colin Richards, Neil Simco, Sam Twiselton; Chapter 18 The Induction of New Teachers: The Road to High Status and High Standards?, Neil Simco; Chapter 19 Turning Round the Titanic: Changing Attitudes to Professional Development for the Teaching Profession, Meryl Thompson; Part 06 Primary Education and Primary Teacher Education, Colin Richards, Neil Simco, Sam Twiselton; Chapter 20 Conversations and Collaboration: Primary Education as a Community of Practice, Anne Edwards;