The impact of school–based initial teacher education

There have been several recent major changes in the initial preparation of newly qualified teachers in the United Kingdom:

• The establishing of the Teacher Training Agency, a government quango. • An increase in the amount of time that student teachers spend in schools. • Moves to reduce the role of institutions of higher education. • A move to competence-based planning and assessment of student

teachers.1 • An increasing role of schools in developing partnerships with institutions

of higher education and taking shared responsibility for the preparation of newly qualified teachers.2