Teaching as a People Business

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Teaching as a People Business

• Ralph Tabberer
• Teacher Training Agency

On 1 September 2005 the Teacher Training Agency
(TTA) became the Training and Development Agency
for Schools (TDA) and took on an expanded remit.
Visit www.tda.gov.uk for further information. We
are re-branding our literature only when
necessary.
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Recruitment to Teacher Training, 1993 to 2005
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Changing numbers of teachers and others
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Linda Darling-Hammond 1

• Research is clear on three points
• it is by improving teaching quality that you get
  the biggest impact on student achievement
• improving teaching quality gives policy-makers
  the biggest bangs per buck for any intervention
  they can plan
• certain teacher education programmes improve
  quality and others dont, and we know why

ACER conference 2003
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Linda Darling-Hammond 2

• Teacher education programmes work when they have
  
• a common and clear vision of good teaching
• well defined standards of practice and
  performance
• a rigorous core curriculum which emphasises
  learning, development, literacy, content pedagogy
  and assessment
• problem-based training methods
• well supported and extended clinical experience
  under the close guidance of expert veterans
  (considered to be 30 or more days)
• strong relationships with good schools
• If you miss on one, you might as well miss on
  them all and save your money

ACER conference 2003
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2 approaches, 2 forms of thought
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School effectiveness Universal in scope Looking
for generalisable prescriptions to help the
majority
Barriers to learning Focusing on the
individual Looking to diagnose difficulties and
target remedies