TY - JOUR
T1 - Diversity in principle and practice
T2 - addressing the problem of teacher supply
AU - Whitehead, Joan
AU - Harris, Alma
AU - Maughan, Sylvia
AU - Menter, Ian
PY - 1998/12
Y1 - 1998/12
N2 - Diversification is one of the key terms in the new discourse of teacher training in England and Wales. Increasing the range of routes opens up choice to those seeking qualified teacher status and can be seen as part of the government's commitment to the market. It can also be seen as a pragmatic response to problems of teacher shortage. This paper examines the backgrounds and experiences of mature students on two different routes of initial teacher training, and explores the relationship between diversification of provision and subsequent levels of teacher supply.
AB - Diversification is one of the key terms in the new discourse of teacher training in England and Wales. Increasing the range of routes opens up choice to those seeking qualified teacher status and can be seen as part of the government's commitment to the market. It can also be seen as a pragmatic response to problems of teacher shortage. This paper examines the backgrounds and experiences of mature students on two different routes of initial teacher training, and explores the relationship between diversification of provision and subsequent levels of teacher supply.
KW - Education policy
KW - Initial teacher training
KW - Mature students
KW - Teacher supply
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0040585390&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0013188980400301
U2 - 10.1080/0013188980400301
DO - 10.1080/0013188980400301
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0040585390
SN - 0013-1881
VL - 40
SP - 267
EP - 281
JO - Educational Research
JF - Educational Research
IS - 3
ER -
