ABSTRACT
A teacher education programme is made up of a number of practices which are interlinked in a complex ecology. Laying out those practices can help to show how different institutions handle the quality conundrums they face from a range of policies and influences. In particular, the make-up of the curriculum, pedagogy and assessment of the programme, how partnerships with schools are configured, and the accountability and oversight of the quality of the programme are all determined by its unique situation and context. There are however similarities in how universities respond. In particular, teacher educators at all levels are key to creating a teacher education programme which has the ability to create the conditions for transformation. This chapter draws together some of the practices seen across the five sites to explore how universities “do” teacher education at scale.
