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Informed Professional Debate About Primary Teacher Education Is Long Overdue. This Book Provides A Sense Of Direction And Impetus In This Debate By Focusing On Pressing Topical Issues Of Policy And Provision. There Is Focus On The Current National Scrutiny Of Initial And Inservice Teacher Training, Which Is Resulting In The Development Of A National Curriculum For Ite, The Proposal Of A General Teaching Council, And Continuing Professional Development Initiatives From The Tta. In Addition, The Book Will Be Of Direct Use In The Design And Implementation Of New Courses In Teacher Education. All The Contributions Have Been Specially Commissioned For This Book. Book Cover -- Half-title -- Dedication -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction: Primary Teacher Education: New Directions, New Issues, New Problems, New Opportunities -- Part 1 The Changing Context Of Primary Teacher Education -- 1 Changing Teacher Education-genuine Partnership Or Arranged Marriage? -- Long-standing Liaisons -- Accredited Relationships -- Leading Partners -- 'mutual Trust And Willing Cooperation' -- The Teacher Training Agency And Circular 10/97 -- Theory And Practice -- Roles And Responsibilities -- Mentors At The Centre Of Partnership -- Relationships Under Pressure -- Sustaining Partnerships -- References -- 2 The Teacher Training Agency, Higher Education And The Professionalism Of Initial Teacher Educators -- The Struggle For Status -- The Teacher Training Agency -- Funding Teacher Education And Quality -- Accreditation Of Teacher Education -- The National Curriculum For Teacher Education And Training (circular 10/97) -- Research Into Teacher Education -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 Primary Teaching: High Status? High Standards? A Personal Response To Recent Initiatives -- Wonderland? -- Rhetoric -- Assumptions -- Unsatisfactory Standards -- Unfavourable International Comparisons -- Unexamined Language -- Best Practice? -- Proven Research? -- Hard Times? -- References -- Part 2 A New National Curriculum For Primary Initial Teacher Education -- 4 Circular 10/97: Its Context And Implications For Course Design And Development -- Provision In Context -- Standards In Context -- Curriculum Balance: Its Implications -- Patterns Of Teacher Education Courses -- Implications For Early Years Training -- The Issue Of Standards Overload And Prescription -- Standards And Competences -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 A Key Stage 6 Core Curriculum? A Critique Of The National Curriculum For Initial Teacher Training -- Introduction. The National Curriculum For Primary Initial Teacher Training: An Overview -- Initial Teacher Training National Curriculum For Primary Mathematics -- Background -- Critique -- Coverage -- Progression -- Effective Teaching And Assessment Methods -- Subject Knowledge Requirements -- Areas Of Trainees' Knowledge To Be Audited -- Initial Teacher Training National Curriculum For Primary English -- Background -- Critique -- Structure Of The Document -- Coverage And Level Of Detail -- Progression -- Effective Teaching And Assessment Methods -- Subject Knowledge -- Implications For Schools And Higher Education -- Course Design -- Mentoring And Supervision In Schools -- A Necessary Ongoing Debate -- References -- 6 Primary Ite English National Curriculum: Model Standards Or Standard Model? -- Defining Standards -- Knowledge And Understanding Of English -- Auditing Subject Knowledge And Understanding -- References -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- 7 Mathematics-by Design With Confidence -- Subject Knowledge -- Mental Mathematics -- Diagnosis Of Errors -- Assessment And Record Keeping -- Classroom Management -- The Search For A Reliable Standard -- Standards By Content -- Procedural Concerns -- Student Teachers -- The Case Of Subtraction -- Excursus -- Subtraction Algorithms -- The Equal Addition Algorithm -- The Decomposition Algorithm -- Implications For Teacher Education Courses -- References -- 8 Beyond The Core: Raising Standards Across The Curriculum -- Current Assumptions -- Level 7 Requirements -- Enquiring Trainees -- Social, Moral, Spiritual And Cultural Elements Of The Curriculum -- Links Between Core And Foundation Subjects -- A Plea -- References -- 9 It: Meeting The New Requirements -- Subject Knowledge -- Students' Experiences In School -- An Issue For Heis: Discrete Versus Cross-curricular Models Of Delivery Of It. Looking To The Future -- References -- 10 Teacher Education And Psmsc- Implications Of The New Requirements -- Towards A Clearer View -- Definition -- Historical Perspective -- A Clearer View -- Designing The Curriculum -- At1 In Mathematics And Science -- Collective Worship -- Assessing Students Against The Standards -- Conclusions -- References -- Part 3 Pedagogy In Initial Teacher Education -- 11 Initial Teacher Education As The Acquisition Of Technical Skills For Teaching: A Panacea For The Future? -- The Notion Of Technical Skill -- The Complexity Of Classroom Processes -- Learning To Teach In Complex Classroom Environments -- A Model Of Initial Teacher Education -- References -- 12 Towards Effective Communication -- Introduction -- Research -- Models -- Interactions -- Standards -- References -- 13 Drama As A Way To Teach Teachers About Teaching -- How Does Drama Illuminate The Teaching Standards? -- Effective Teaching -- Drama For Understanding -- Play And Learning -- Fiction And Learning -- Teacher Intervention -- Action And Reflection -- Drama And Control -- Planning And Assessing -- Note -- References -- 14 The Trouble With English: The Challenge Of Developing Subject Knowledge In School -- Focusing On Teacher Interventions -- The Use Of A Literacy Log -- Conclusion -- References -- Part 4 Emerging Issues In Mentoring -- 15 Mentoring: Possible Developments And Constraints -- The Need For Effective Development And Funding For Mentors -- Partnership Between Mentors And Trainees -- Whole School Development Through Mentoring -- Cluster Group Development Through Mentoring -- Reservations -- Acknowledgments -- 16 Mentoring: Realising The True Potential Of School-based Ite -- Introduction: The Rise And Rise Of Mentoring -- So What Exactly Is Mentoring? -- Active Mentoring -- The Role Of The Student Teacher In The Mentoring Relationship. References -- 17 Mentor Assessment Of Trainee Competence-the Introduction Of Grading -- The Historical Context -- Grading The Competences 1996-97 -- Issues -- Grading The Standards 1997-98 -- Conclusion -- References -- Part 5 Beyond Initial Teacher Education -- 18 The Induction Of New Teachers: The Road To High Status And High Standards? -- Induction Provision 1988-1997 -- The Development Of A Manageable System At National Level For The Linkage Of Initial Teacher Education And Induction -- Target Setting -- Ownership Of Professional Development -- Conclusion -- References -- 19 Turning Round The Titanic: Changing Attitudes To Professional Development For The Teaching Profession -- Who Is Accountable For The Lifelong Learning Of Teachers? -- Assumptions About Teachers' Professional Development -- What Is Professional Development And Whose Responsibility Is It? -- What Malaise? -- What Does The National Framework Of Professional Standards Contribute To The Quality Of Professional Development? -- Why The Future Must Not Look Like The Past -- Making Teachers Professional Development A First Order Issue -- A Coherent Resource Management System -- The Need For An Infrastructure -- The Need For Understanding Organizations And Systems -- The Need For Constant Updating -- Thriving On Chaos -- References -- Part 6 Primary Education And Primary Teacher Education -- 20 Conversations And Collaboration: Primary Education As A Community Of Practice -- Partnership In Initial Teacher Education -- A Framework For Conversational Collaboration -- Conversation, Collaboration And Research-based Practice -- Conversations With Carolyn -- References -- Notes On Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index.