Training | 2010.02.24
Leading Article: Degrees of teaching
This week\'s inquiry into teacher training by the Skills Commission is right to rejectthe idea that only degree holders make good teachers. Pointing out that schools and colleges are becoming so entwined with the introduction of diplomas and the raising of the education leaving age to 18, it says that we need to attract more teachers with work experience and expertise into the classroom. But we won\'t be able to do that, it says, unless we recognise that people with good communication skills can make just as effective classroom practitioners as those with top degrees.
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