Teacher education reform in Scotland: national and global influences

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.

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

Notes

1. This paper has been adapted from a paper presented at an international symposium held during the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, April 2011.