ERIC Number: EJ538556
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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The Teacher Training Agency, Continuing Professional Development Policy and the Definition of Competences for Serving Teachers.
Graham, Jim
British Journal of In-Service Education, v22 n2 p121-32 1996
Questions how England's Secretary of State for Education uses the Teacher Training Agency (TTA) to define and control inservice teacher competency requirements, suggesting that this leads to teacher deprofessionalization. Recommends identifying threats to professional autonomy and preventing the TTA from moving to the next phase of regulation. (SM)
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries, Government School Relationship, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education, National Standards, Politics of Education, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Competencies
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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