Providing High Quality Initial Teacher Education
Source: scoop.co.nz Posted By: jenny J...5312 days ago
“The quality of graduates of initial teacher education programmes has a strong impact on the future quality of the teaching profession,” according to Dr Peter Lind, Director of the New Zealand Teachers Council. “Anecdotal reports suggest that the current quality of graduates is variable. On the one hand, there is strong endorsement of the calibre of ITE graduates but there is also concern at the ability of some graduates to be employed as beginning teachers”.