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ESCalate at UCET 2010: Teacher Education Futures across the Four Nations of the UK A Scottish perspective Ian Menter. Three headlines. Education posts slashed! Reshaping education departments – the institutional context Donaldson sorts it out! (We hope….). Education posts slashed!.

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  1. ESCalate at UCET 2010: Teacher Education Futures across the Four Nations of the UKA Scottish perspectiveIan Menter

  2. Three headlines • Education posts slashed! • Reshaping education departments – the institutional context • Donaldson sorts it out! (We hope….)

  3. Education posts slashed! • Academic posts lost in three of the largest departments – Edinburgh, Glasgow and Strathclyde (15-30 percent cuts) • The problems with workforce planning

  4. Reshaping education depts. (institutional context 1) • Aberdeen – School of Education within College of Arts and Social Sciences • Dundee – Faculty of Education, Social Work and Community Education within College of Arts and Social Sciences • Edinburgh – Moray House School of Education within College of Humanities and Social Science • Glasgow – School of Education within College of Social Sciences • Stirling – Institute of Education • Strathclyde – School of Education within Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences • West of Scotland – School of Education within Faculty of Education, Health and Social Sciences

  5. Institutional context (2) • Further staffing cuts – can they be delayed? (SFC predicting 16%) • Student fees – on their way (in the shape of a ‘graduate contribution’)?

  6. The Review of Teacher Education in Scotland • Led by Graham Donaldson, former Senior Chief Inspector, HMIe • Reporting in January 2011 • Two earlier reviews • What will he say? • Context: McCrone and Curriculum for Excellence • Partnerships • The continuum • The role of the university • Institutional consolidation? • Teach First (Teach for Scotland?) • How will Government respond?

  7. Websites/ references • Review of Teacher Education in Scotland: http://www.reviewofteachereducationinscotland.org.uk/ • Literature Review on Teacher Education in the 21st Century: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/09/24144019/0

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