Improvement in teacher training, recognition of teaching as a profession, and broadening of teacher responsibilities were the major policy goals of Young's office.
Finland underwent wholesale reform about 40 years ago, moving to an entirely comprehensive school system, improving the quality of teacher training and raising the status of the teaching profession.
And they agree that teacher-appraisal systems must be part of a holistic approach to the teaching profession that includes high-quality teacher training and professional development, attractive working conditions, nurturing school leaders, and engaging teachers in innovation and reform.
"Ministers have mishandled teacher training, putting applicants off and constantly talked down the profession, causing thousands of teachers to quit.
After studying Mathematics and Chemistry for teaching profession at upper secondary school including teacher training, she started her PhD thesis at the University of Braunschweig (Germany) and then became a Postdoc at the University of Braunschweig in 2002.
We need to improve teacher training and qualification requirements to match the demands of the profession.
Duval initiated a twice a year cutting edge Instructional Culture Survey by TNTP (The New Teacher Project) to bring focus to reasons why teachers stayed in or left the profession, information school leaders used to drive better teacher training and support.
Answers to the last question "In your view, what are the weaknesses of using gamification in the classroom?" mainly highlight the need for teacher training in design, implementation and development of these practices in their teaching profession.
But teacher recruitment has been falling since 2010 – around 10% of teacher training places will remain unfilled this year – and one in 10 teachers left the profession last year, the highest rate for a decade.
The disastrous policy around wresting teacher training from universities will become a key issue as the numbers entering the profession drops drastically, particularly in shortage subjects.
