Observations of their work in school and recordings of class teacher/trainee conversations are used to describe the reality of school-based ITT. The data suggest that the value of the school-based work is largely restricted to that of planning for, and doing, in a specific context. There is...
Schools are in the grip of a teacher recruitment crisis, with fewer people training to be teachers and an increasing number of job vacancies. The only way to address this situation is to come up with a long-term strategy, writes Jack Worth, of the Nation
What is an NQT teacher? A newly qualified teacher (NQT) is a teacher in the first year of teaching, following their initial teacher training (ITT) where they were awarded QTS. Currently,there are plans to extend the NQT stage to two yearsfollowing a consultation into the early careers fr...
What is an ITA file? Theme archive created by IconTweaker, a free program used to change Windows icons; contains an .ITT theme file and a single .ICL file or multiple .ICO files; stored in a compressed .ZIP file format. More Information ITA files are compressed to transfer themes faster...
Now, ten years after retirin a from a teaching career, sh e has been sign e d by the London agency MOT Models. And, whil e this new-fo un d success may hav e arriv e d late, it is th e realisati on of a life-long ambition: Beat e first dream e d of u orking as a ...
Teaching an 8-year-old is different from teaching a 16-year-old. Although this is a trivial statement for educators, the implications are surprisingly often ignored in educational research. Should teachers use different strategies depending on learners’ age? Excellent reviews and meta-analyses have...
Don’t think of an easy way out, such as upgrading some teaching assistants to teachers, because it is teachers for the secondary schools that we need, not more teachers for primary schools. And then, there is the state of our school buildings. Even before the concrete crisis, many of ou...
There is potential for teachers to adopt teaching approaches more appropriate for the meta programme profiles of their students. Also, on the part of the students, an increased awareness of their meta programme preferences offers the potential to improve their learning experience....
Mutton, T., K. Burn, and L. Molway. 2024. “The Role of Schools within Initial Teacher Education in England: An Exploration of the Shifting Policy Focus Over the Past 50 Years.”Journal of Education for Teaching50 (5): 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2024.2413167. ...
This policy provides students with invaluable global work experience, allowing them to start their careers on an international stage after studying in the UK. 10. NHS Health Insurance Coverage Access to the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) is a huge relief for Indian students. By paying the...