By Sheila Mckenzie-
The Uk government is seeking research to improve the initial teacher training (ITT) and early career frameworks.
The Department for Education (DfE) has today expressed plans to revise the frameworks so that they are “more closely combined”.
DfE is hoping to hear from individuals or organisations with specialist expertise in education, which includes special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) charities and research organisations such as universities.
The call for evidence closes on April 21, with the DfE saying it will then issue a response with information about the evidence received and how it will be used.
Academic researchers, education experts and charities have been invited to submit “recent, relevant and high-quality” research that could inform amendments.
Teachers and lecturers from The Eye Of MediaCom’s thinktank will be contributing to the important research.
The call for evidence closes on April 21, with the DfE saying it will then issue a response with information about the evidence received and how it will be used.
The initiative is brilliant for improving and maximise the way teachers are trained, in order to significantly improve their professional prospects.
The British government said it did not expect “this will involve a fundamental rewrite of the frameworks”, but it is expected open to a range of ideas that can enhance the quality of teaching across the board in the Uk.
The British education system is one of the most highly regarded in the developed world – but what is it like teaching elsewhere?
Over one-third of 8,600 international schools globally follow a UK-based curriculum and the National Curriculum of England is used by more international schools than an
Britain has a wealth of good teachers, but the quality of teaching expertise vary across different institutions, with private schools and elite universities often having the best quality teachers. Training prepare novice teachers for what can be a challenging nd also very rewarding career head.
Some teachers are naturally very gifted at the job due to their own innate abilities, nd other times due to experience and influence from outstanding teachers
who taught them growing up. There is also the question of the level of expertise those who train teachers themselves have.
When the ITT core content framework (CCF) and early career frameworks (ECF) were launched in 2019, the department said it would update them as research progressed.
The CCF sets out the minimum entitlement for all trainee teachers and the content that ITT providers must include in their programmes, and the ECF embodies the teaching process for beginning teachers during the first two years of their careers.
Both frameworks were independently reviewed by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) in an effort to ensure they drew on the “best available” evidence.
Revisions ensure the frameworks are up to date and “fit for purpose”, the DfE said.
Decisions about changes will be made by the department and panels of experts.
DfE is hoping to hear from individuals or organisations with specialist expertise in education.
This also includes special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) charities and research organisations such as universities.
The call for evidence closes on April 21, with the DfE saying it will then issue a response with information about the evidence received and how it will be used.
The case highlights ongoing concerns around the ITT market review, held against a backdrop of chronic teacher under-recruitment
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