ABSTRACT
On 15 January 1996, Nick Tate, chief executive of the School Curriculum Assessment Authority (SCAA), hit the headlines proclaiming that schooling was failing to promote an adequate sense of moral values (The Times, 15 January 1996). A key institution singled out for criticism by Mr Tate was teacher education. The then Minister for Education and Employment, Gillian Shephard, was reported to have approved of his remarks (The Times, 16 January 1996).
