'The Right Track'. Teacher Training and the New Right: change and review
Titel:
'The Right Track'. Teacher Training and the New Right: change and review
Auteur:
Lunt, Neil Mckenzie, Peter Powell, Loraine
Verschenen in:
Educational studies
Paginering:
Jaargang 19 (1993) nr. 2 pagina's 143-161
Jaar:
1993
Inhoud:
The importance of education within the New Right philosophy has been well analysed and documented. The attempt to cut costs, the pursuit of efficiency, improving standards along with greater parental choice and participation are some of the stated policy directions. This article seeks an analysis of the New Right philosophies that have so influenced the Conservatives' direction within initial teacher training, having a major impact on recent initiatives. In doing so it will take three directions: (a) it will offer an understanding of the New Right philosophies; (b) it will examine changes, past, present and future within school teacher education; and (c) it will place these within a wider framework of the New Right philosophies and strategies. In particular it will look at why traditional methods have been criticised. The article argues that policy within teacher training must not be seen in isolation, for it is related to wider educational issues and social policy arenas, in particular to the development of a 'quasi-market'.