This paper examines the policies and practices of the previous government's so-called 'reform' of initial teacher education and the way in which one creation of these reforms, the Teacher Training Agency, has now begun adversely to affect provision for in-service education. The Agency's simplistic approach to teachers' professional development is identified, with the recommendation that the new Labour government should urgently review the effectiveness of the Teacher Training Agency.
New Labour and Teacher Education in England and Wales: The first 500 days
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