| Abstract: | ABSTRACT This paper reports on a symposium with the participation of the editor and deputy editor of the Journal of Education for Teaching and two senior British politicians on the current situation of teacher education in Britain. Topics discussed include: control and accountability, the influence of political and bureaucratic forces, the threat from unelected, non‐responsible bodies, threats to institutions, to the links of teacher education with higher education and the threat of the deskilling of the teaching professions. A concluding section considers the possibility that the policy of the Government is failing through its own structural defects and the possibility of the profession's subsequent recovery. |
