Educating our teachers: a straightforward and uncontroversial task?

Aileen Kennedy

Educating our teachers: a straightforward and uncontroversial task?

Moray House School of Education and Sport

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Abstract

Teacher education might seem at first glance to be uncontroversial … we’ve all met teachers and we all know what they do; the job is straightforward and the ‘training’ is well established. However, behind this assumption lies an intriguing and complex web of aspirations, demands and global influences. Indeed, the education of teachers, far from being uncontroversial and straightforward, is in fact hugely contested and subject to considerable political influence.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Strathclyde Institute for Public Policy
Subtitle of host publication	Briefing Papers
Place of Publication	Glasgow
Publisher	University of Strathclyde
Number of pages	7
Publication status	Published - 2015

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