ABSTRACT
Many European countries long experienced, as some still do, a division of teacher training between teacher training colleges and universities. This division reflected the compartmentalization of the school system into two competing1 and hostile2 networks, primary and secondary education. Gradually, in some countries, these networks have been brought together and made complementary-France is now moving into this phase of development: between October 1990 and October 1991 all teacher training systems, primary and secondary, will be assimilated in ‘Instituts Universitaires de Formation des Maîtres’ (IUFMs).
