Primary Initial Teacher Training and Education: Revised Standards, Bright Future? : NaPTEC. This item is unavailable.Primary Initial Teacher Training and Education: Revised Standards, Bright Future? : NaPTEC

A new framework for initial teacher training and education is set out in ′Qualifying to teach: Professional Standards for Qualified Teacher Status and Requirements for Initial Teacher Training′, published in February 2002 after a period of extensive consultation. Sponsored by NaPTEC, this book intends to provide an eclectic mix of practical advice and considered perspectives in relation to the new national framework, and is of relevance to all providers and partners involved in primary ITTE.

Neil Simco is Head of Primary Programmes at St Martin′s College. He has a long-standing interest in the induction of new teachers and has published a number of professional development materials and research papers in this area. Recently, he has acted as consultant to the Teacher Training Agency in the development of the new arrangements for the induction period and he played a major role in the preparation of national support materials. Neil teaches on a range of courses for mentors of Newly Qualified Teachers and has extensive experience of mentoring in initial teacher training.

Tatiana Wilson is Lecturer in Primary English at the University of Exeter.