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Towards a Royal College of Teaching. Empowerment. Excellent teachers change lives. ‘Cognitive challenge is essential in all teaching’. ‘The message is clear: expect more, teach better, and children will respond’ Robin Alexander. Research and Practice. University / school partnerships
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Excellent teachers change lives ‘Cognitive challenge is essential in all teaching’ ‘The message is clear: expect more, teach better, and children will respond’ Robin Alexander
Research and Practice • University / school partnerships • University Training Schools • A masters led profession • Shared research • Teacher agency • Further investment in Universities
‘Pupils will not learn to think for themselves if their teachers are expected to do as they are told’ ‘Few things are more important than to restore to schools and their members a sense of empowerment and self respect’
Transcending politics • Shared aims for education • Professional knowledge • Career advice • Research informed • Peer review • High status Pedagogy of principle rather than prescription.
Collaboration A principled approach: • Trust • Co-agency • Inclusion
Creativity Co–construction of a curriculum for professional learning.
Ambition for change • Princes Teaching Institute consultation • Commons Select Committee • Teacher Development Trust • Subject Associations • UCET • Unions
Excellence is about: Caring more than others think is wise Risking more than others think is safe Dreaming more than others think is practical Expecting more than others think is possible. African proverb
Together we can achieve more @alisonmpeacock