Teacher Education in Crisis: The State, the Market and the Universities in England

Pre-service teacher education has long been of interest to education policymakers around the world given its influence on the quality of teaching. The reforms undertaken in England since 2019 are unique internationally and the result is that England now has the most tightly regulated and, day-to-day, controlled system of teacher education anywhere in the world. Whilst some other jurisdictions have tight regulations for their own purposes, in England, the reach of these reforms is national and controlled by the government)s Department of Education alone.

How did this situation arise? How was the crisis of teacher supply, teaching quality and the crisis of confidence in policy formation in England constructed? In this book, leading teacher educators and researchers provide unique insights into a (great experiment) in teacher education in England, sometimes insights from people who were in the room at critical junctures in the process. International researchers also contribute brief response chapters that highlight the distinctive approach England has taken is and why it is now an outlier in terms of education policy. It the relationship between (the state) and (the market) – where the state rejects the market if it doesn't deliver the required ideological solution – that makes ITE reform in England so interesting and important for national and international readers.