TY - BOOK AU - Abbott,Ian AU - Whitehead,Philip AU - Rathbone,Mike TI - Transforming initial teacher education SN - 9780415738736 (hardback) AV - LB1725.G6 A58 2019 U1 - 370.711 23 PY - 2019/// CY - Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY PB - Routledge KW - Teachers KW - Training of KW - Great Britain N1 - Includes bibliographical references; The early days of teacher training -- The consensus in education begins to unravel -- Teacher education as a competitive market -- Current government policy -- International perspectives -- Models of provision - higher education -- Models of provision - school based -- Teach first N2 - "Tracing the development of Initial Teacher Education (ITE) since the large scale expansion of the teaching professional after the Second World War to the present day, this book explores the changing nature of teacher education. It considers the growth of the 'teaching industry' and addresses key issues including the return to an apprentice model, the growing importance of schools in ITE and the continuing decline in the role played by Higher Education. The book sets these changes in the broader international context to consider the future of teacher education and the changing nature of teaching"-- ER -