Teacher entry standards 'should not be raised'
Date posted: 27 Jul 2009
Entry standards for new teachers should stay as they are in order to ensure the UK gets the number of educators it requires, an expert suggests.
A recent report by the think-tank Politeia, entitled Teachers Matter, claimed that official standards for entry into teaching are much lower than in other countries, which may be impacting on the effectiveness of schooling in the UK.
Entry standards for new teachers should stay as they are in order to ensure the UK gets the number of educators it requires, an expert suggests.
A recent report by the think-tank Politeia, entitled Teachers Matter, claimed that official standards for entry into teaching are much lower than in other countries, which may be impacting on the effectiveness of schooling in the UK.
However, Professor Dylan Wiliam, educational assessment expert and deputy director of the Institute of Education, believes that if entry standards in the UK are raised, there could be a shortfall in the number of teachers the country requires.
He commented: "The report has got it completely wrong, because there is no link between the level of qualification of teachers and their effectiveness.
"Every study that has looked at the level of qualifications of teachers found there is no link between the level of qualification of the teachers and how much their children learn."
The Politeia research also suggested that more needs to be done to address the problem of teachers leaving the profession early in their careers.
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