Instrumentalism and teacher education in the United States: an analysis of two national reports

Earley, Penelope M.

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“…In a sense, it can be said that the policy of exemption from tuition fees of normal university students has indirectly become an anti-poverty project that is giving support to the rural students to help them finish university education and help them get employment. If this is the case, then ironically government "considers teacher education as no more than an instrument to achieve another policy goal, which they did not take the time to carefully consider either the feasibility or implications of their recommendations" (Early, 2008). Therefore, it can be argued that this policy does not promote rural education in the end.…”

Section: Free Normal Education Does Not Guarantee Provision Of Qualitmentioning

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Are Fruits of Free Normal Education Policy Real or Mythical? A Critical Appraisal of the Free Teacher Education Policy Meant to Promote Rural Education in China

Luo¹,

Mkandawire²

2015

Journal of Education and Training Studies

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Since September 2007, the Ministry of Education of China has been implementing a policy called 'Free Normal Education' (FNE) for college students majoring in education in normal universities. The central goal for FNE is to promote quality of education by providing rural areas with high quality teachers who are bonded through their tuitionfree training. This study analysis has shown that after more than five years of implementation, it is unfortunately evident that FNE may not achieve its key objective of improving rural education. There are many reasons attributed to this drawback. But the most serious one is that the government only emphasizes on providing teachers in rural areas without caring about the general welfare and salary motivations that the rural teachers would get. Further, there are no clear structures to ensure that students trained through the FNE policy would necessarily stay in rural areas. This paper, therefore, recommends that multiple measures, with a holistic view, should be taken so that the policy is supported to achieve its intended goal.

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Section: Free Normal Education Does Not Guarantee Provision Of Qualitmentioning

confidence: 99%

Are Fruits of Free Normal Education Policy Real or Mythical? A Critical Appraisal of the Free Teacher Education Policy Meant to Promote Rural Education in China

Luo¹,

Mkandawire²

2015

Journal of Education and Training Studies

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Exploring Education Policy in a Globalized World: Concepts, Contexts, and Practices

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Initial teacher education in the university ‘My little ship, how ill-laden you are’

Franchi

2016

European Journal of Teacher Education

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Initial Teacher Education in the University 'My little ship, how ill-laden you are' AbstractInitial teacher education programmes in universities must meet the needs of varying constituencies. Politicians, school leaders and academics, for example, understandably seek to influence how these programmes should look. Given the importance of well-qualified teachers for the building of effective schools, it is right that a range of stakeholders should have their say. The Donaldson Report on teacher education in Scotland (2011) has much to say regarding the academic content of teacher education programmes. It offers food for thought for those wedded to the 'craft' model of teacher education. Academic rigour and breadth of experience cannot be seen as inimical to the need to ensure that newly qualified teachers are, indeed, ready to teach. The rediscovery of liberal approaches to education studies and the value of the liberal arts can be key components of a reimagined teacher education process

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Instrumentalism and teacher education in the United States: an analysis of two national reports

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Are Fruits of Free Normal Education Policy Real or Mythical? A Critical Appraisal of the Free Teacher Education Policy Meant to Promote Rural Education in China

Are Fruits of Free Normal Education Policy Real or Mythical? A Critical Appraisal of the Free Teacher Education Policy Meant to Promote Rural Education in China

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Initial teacher education in the university ‘My little ship, how ill-laden you are’

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