TeachLab Seminar Series: Lessons about government teacher education policy: Teacher education in England
Professor David Spendlove, Professor of Education and Associate Dean in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Manchester, England
Abstract
In this seminar, Professor David Spendlove speaks on his experience as a teacher educator in England. Teacher education in England over the past decade or so has undergone significant changes as a result of ongoing Government policy positions which have transformed how teachers are prepared in England. While teacher education is essentially the domain of Universities in Australia, in England, there are many different types of providers, even schools. Further, there is a highly prescriptive teacher education curriculum mandated by the Central Government for providers to follow (which specifies in minute detail, not just the required outcomes but by implication the content and process of initial teacher education). This teacher education landscape is a contrast to that in Australia. In this seminar, we ask: what has generated this radical change in Government policy? What has this meant for those who prepare teachers in Universities, and importantly what has been the experience of schools and schooling systems of such changes?
Biography
Professor David Spendlove is Professor of Education and Associate Dean in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Manchester, England. David’s work has involved policy, practice and research in a variety of areas, having held numerous university, regional and national roles in Initial Teacher Education. Since 2021 David has been adjunct professor in the Faculty of Education at Southern Cross University.
Video recording of this seminar
