Accountability and accomplished teaching: Researching the chartered teacher programme in Scotland |
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| Authors: | Moira Hulme Ian Menter Margery McMahon |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Education, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UKMoira.Hulme@glasgow.ac.uk;3. Department of Education, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK;4. School of Education, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK |
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| Abstract: | The Scottish chartered teacher programme (2003–2011) is an important example of a national policy designed to support the development of ‘accomplished teaching’. This paper provides an account of the emergence of the programme before discussing how the impact of such a scheme might be assessed and thus rendered accountable. The difficulties of developing valid and reliable methodologies for ensuring accountability are explored, including an account of a pilot research project and an indication of what the international literature may reveal about such aspirations. The paper concludes with a summary of four major challenges facing researchers who wish to offer insights that are of use to policy-makers and practitioners. |
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| Keywords: | accomplished teaching chartered teacher accountability |
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