Partnership through placement : Scottish HEI-tutors views on collaboration with schools through the initial teacher education placement experience
Abstract
Placement, the part of Initial Teacher Education (ITE) involving Pre-Service Teachers (PSTs) working in school, is a marked feature of ITE programmes that involve Higher Education Institution (HEI) input. In Scotland, placement is a feature of ITE, forms a major plank of the assessment of teaching quality and occurs in partnership arrangements between HEIs, schools and other organisations. As part of the Measuring Quality in Initial Teacher Education (MQuITE) research project, HEI-staff at the nine Scottish institutions offering ITE were surveyed for their views on a range of ITE matters. This paper discusses 150 respondents’ answers regarding placement within current partnership arrangements. Using positioning theory (cf) as the frame for thematic analysis and data highlighted concerns, but significant desire for continuing development of partnership as a mechanism to develop PSTs. The paper has international implications for systems that utilise placement within a standards-based approach to ITE partnership.
Citation
Adams , P , Carver , M & Beck , A 2023 , ' Partnership through placement : Scottish HEI-tutors views on collaboration with schools through the initial teacher education placement experience ' , Journal of Education for Teaching , vol. 49 , no. 1 , pp. 69-84 . https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2022.2048177
Publication
Journal of Education for Teaching
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0260-7476Type
Journal article
Description
Funding: This work was supported by the Scottish Government [MQuITE funding].Collections
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