TWO POPULAR MATHS SERIES ONE STOP SHOP!

students have the maturity to cope with the demands of teaching, even after a three-year degree.

Post-graduate or Masters students have done another degree prior to coming into teacher education and therefore haven’t experienced Covid-19 problems in schools in the same way as the undergraduates. They also typically have more life experience to draw on than undergraduate students. However, the down-side of post-graduate or Masters level teacher education is that it is only a one year programme which makes for an unhelpfully intensive teacher education experience.

You can probably see where I’m going with this. To me the best answer for New Zealand teacher education would be longer graduate level programmes (yes, similar to Finland). But unlike the exit exam for teacher education students as proposed by National’s plan, this would require significant extra resources. Let’s hope we get some more substantial commitments to education as this election year progresses.

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