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The evolving codification of teachers’ work: Policy, politics and the consequences of pursuing quality control in Initial Teacher Education

Knight, Benjamin

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Benjamin Knight Benjamin3.Knight@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Education - Director of Project Zulu



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This paper documents the evolution of attempts to codify and standardize teachers’ work in the United Kingdom (UK), with particular attention to how this phenomenon has impacted the Initial Teacher Education (ITE) sector. In recent decades the teaching profession in the UK has undergone various iterations of competency criteria, culminating with the current policy, the Teachers’ Standards (TS) (DfE, 2011). Discussion focuses largely on the most rapid period in the evolution of competency-based approaches from 1997 to the present, analyzing aspects of the political landscape which have precipitated this rise. Two key themes evident in, and precipitated by, the Teachers’ Standards policy initiative are discussed: i) the political necessity for a reductionist view of teaching and learning and ii), the centrality of the teacher. It concludes by imagining how, taking these themes into account, the policy could evolve to become more useful to both teachers and pupils.

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Knight, B. (2017). The evolving codification of teachers’ work: Policy, politics and the consequences of pursuing quality control in Initial Teacher Education. Teacher Education Advancement Network, 9(1), 4-13

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Oct 31, 2016
Publication Date Jan 1, 2017
Deposit Date Nov 3, 2016
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Teacher Education Advancement Network
Print ISSN 2054-5266
Publisher Teacher Education Advancement Network
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 9
Issue 1
Pages 4-13
Keywords ITE, teachers, quality
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/900782
Publisher URL http://194.81.189.19/ojs/index.php/TEAN/issue/view/61/showToc

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