Research Review, CPRT Priority 7
Supported 2015-16 by the Trust
Project Team:
Professor Olwen McNamara, University of Manchester
Professor Jean Murray, University of East London
Miss Rebecca Phillips, University of Manchester
THE REPORT AND BRIEFING FROM THIS PROJECT ARE NOW AVAILABLE:
McNamara, O., Murray, J., Phillips, R. (February 2017) Policy and Research Evidence in the ‘Reform’ of Primary Initial Teacher Education in England. York: Cambridge Primary Review Trust.
This review will examine policy developments in ITE since the Cambridge Primary Review, addressing (i) what the CPR final report concluded about what intending primary teachers need and what they get, especially in relation to curriculum and pedagogy; (ii) issues and evidence in teacher recruitment, supply and retention; (iii) routes into primary teaching then and now. It will also explore the debates about what works and what does not, and the evidence, with particular reference to routes favoured by government (e.g. teaching schools, Teach First), and the drive for school-based and school-controlled ITE.
Further information
Children, their World, their Education, chapter 21
The Cambridge Primary Review Research Surveys, chapters 23, 24 and 25