Help Directory for Teacher Educators
Welcome to the Help Directory for Teacher Educators.
The resources in these folders are specifically designed with busy teacher educators in mind.
Each folder contains a variety of information and shared practice from colleagues across the sector. We hope you enjoy using these pages. We are always on the lookout for new ideas for folders. If you have a theme to suggest or you would like to contribute something to a folder which is already there, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Please contact the ESCalate ITE Administrator at:heacademy-escalate@bristol.ac.uk
- 4 Year QTS Primary Degrees
- 4 year degrees - Placement plus What a 4 year degree can offer students outside the normal school placements.
- 4 year degrees: 4 year Primary QTS degree courses Thanks to David Midwinter and the group of 4 year Primary QTS degree providers for these items from their work.
- 4 year degrees: Results of student survey on the benefits of 4 year degrees
- 4 year degrees: Masters level credits in a 4 year degree A powerpoint presentation by Martin Bridge, St Mary's University College
- Masters in the 4 year primary QTS degree
- Placement Plus Report Exciting Ideas from the 4 Year Degree day on Placement Plus
- Placement Plus Video links Student video presentations
- Tracking student progress
- 5th ESCalate ITE conference
- Assessment in Initial Teacher Education
- Busy Teacher Educator Guides
- Busy teacher educator guide to getting your conference paper accepted/ writing an abstract for an education conference
- Desktop Video Conferencing How to get started with Desktop Video Conferencing
- Developing Assessment Feedback Sharing ideas on assessment and feedback in Higher Education
- Guide to Assessment A short summary of issues to be considered in developing, implementing and managing assessment in teacher education programmes
- Myers-Briggs for Teachers - a Guide for Busy Teacher Educators A user perspective on the usefulness of Myers-Briggs to teacher educators
- PGCE M Level Interpreting PGCE M Level in HE
- Problem Based Learning Problem based learning as a teaching methodology, drawing on the literature from the medical sciences to describe the roles of students, tutors and faculty teams.
- Reflective practice: some notes on the development of the notion of professional reflection How to engage with reflection and the notion of the reflective practitioner.
- CITE - Creativity in Initial Teacher Education
- Creativity in Initial Teacher Education - Introduction This gives the background to CITE and definitions of terms used in the resources.
- Creativity in Initial Teacher Education - Section 1 Developing Understandings of Creativity Developing Understandings of Creativity- questions and exercises for students and mentors
- Creativity in Initial Teacher Education - Section 2 Lesson Planning and Creativity Lesson planning and creativity The materials consist of approaches and pro-formas to support students’ planning for creativity in their lessons auditing students’ understanding of creativity and how to plan for creativity in their placement schools.
- Creativity in Initial Teacher Education - Section 3 - Mentoring and Creativity Mentoring and creativity These areas are a range of resources that focus upon how to support school-based mentors in developing their own and students’ creativity.
- Creativity in Initial Teacher Education - Section 4 Example of Creativity within a Primary Programme Example of Creativity within a Primary Programme. The modules have been designed and validated to place creativity within taught ITE primary and courses. Partnership working with Creative Practitioners, the Creative & Cultural Sector.
- Creativity in Initial Teacher Education - Section 5 Case Studies and Reports Case studies and reports designed to clarify understanding about creativity, risk-taking, and the outcomes of the CITE partnership programme. They include a report on teacher Education in Finland and Guidelines from the QCA seminar:- A view of Creativity
- Creativity in Initial Teacher Education - Section 6 Deveoping Creativity through the Validation Process PowerPoint showing the process for a staged process for developing creativity through the revalidation process
- Creativity in Initial Teacher Education - Section 7 Examples of Practice Examples of practice where creative practitioners worked with ITE teacher educators in the delivery of programmes and mentoring. These are examples of a programme providing a placement opportunity for students outside the normal classroom.
- Creativity in Initial Teacher Education - Section 8 Creativity Modules Creativity Modules. The modules have been designed and validated to place creativity within taught ITE primary and secondary courses.
- Creativity
- Fostering creative thinking Co-constructed insights from neuroscience and education
- Results of the Creativity seminar - Ideas to impact on practice Ideas from the ESCalate OU seminar
- Global Dimension/Citizenship
- ESCalate: Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship website For curriculum guidance, case studies and networking opportunities in ESD
- Global Citizenship resources for teaching and learning
- Global Citizenship: A Bibliography With thanks to Donna Hurford of the University of Cumbria for sharing this bibliography with colleagues.
- Statutory and guidance documents for schools
- Teaching the Global Dimension: A handbook for teacher education
- The Global Dimension: Making Space for the Global Dimension on a PGCE Primary Course Sophie Mackay, Tower Hamlets Humanities Education Centre Pauline Watts, St Martin’s College. May 2007
- The Global Dimension: Tips for incorporating the global dimension into your work with students
- Masters Level PGCE
- A Masters level profession? The mid-course views of PGCE trainee teachers A paper from Claire Creasor, Edge Hill University
- M level PGCE research; final report
- M Level PGCE: M Level PGCE The following ideas are presented by delegates who attended the M level PGCE seminar at the University of Gloucestershire. Many thanks to all delegates for their contributions. If you would like to comment please contact escalate@ucsm.ac.uk
- M level PGCE: M level PGCE research pilot Updates on progress with the research project
- M level PGCE: Results of M Level PGCE Questionnaire survey Results of the questionnaire survey distributed to delegates at the 2nd March 2007 ESCalate PGCE M Level seminar
- M level PGCE: Tips on how to encourage students to read Thanks to colleagues in FE for these tips on developing the skill of reading articles on the theoretical background to the craft of teaching to enhance one’s daily practice.
- M Level PGCE: M Level PGCE - 'Mness' and the student experience The ideas here are presented by delegates who attended the M level PGCE seminar at Liverpool John Moores University on 2nd March 2007. The theme of the seminar was ‘Mness’ and the student experience.
- M level PGCE: M level PGCE pilot research project - UCET presentation A summary of the ideas discussed by delegates at the 2007 UCET conference.
- Resources Books which you might find useful for your M level students
- Multi-agency working
- Multi-Agency working for children and young people A 2 hour workshop for student teachers
- Multi-agency working: Every Child Matters/Youth Matters Ideas arising from the ESCalate Every Child Matters workshops
- Multi-agency working: Integrated Children’s Services: Opportunities and Challenges A joint ESCalate/CWDC workshop at UCET 2007
- Problem-based learning
- Reflection
- ESCalate ITE resources on reflection available on the web
- Primary Trainees' Reflection in Action A paper by Julie-Ann Edwards of the University of Southampton
- Reflecting on reflection A discussion of the ideas generated on reflection for student teachers at the ESCalate workshop 16.1.09
- Research Papers from the Teacher Educator community
- Students taking ownership of their learning A paper by Liz Lakin from the University of Cumbria
- Sharing Ideas
- Academic presentations: Tips for presenting your work to academic colleagues A 15-point guide to the basics of making presentations
- Academic presentations: Questions, challenges and worries about presenting your work to academic colleagues Results of discussions at 'Going Public' - a workshop event
- Critical incident analysis Thanks to colleagues in FE for these tips on how to encourage students to engage in reflection in order to better handle difficult situations in their daily school practice.
- Forum Theatre Techniques Forum Theatre Techniques as a means to allow trainees time and space to reflect upon teaching practice experience.
- The new standards for classroom teachers: The new professional standards for classroom teachers Ideas generated by workshop groups at the ESCalate seminar held on 7th June 2007 at the University of East London
- Transition to Higher education from school: How to ease the transition from teaching in school to teaching in HE Useful subject-based web links for new teacher educators
- Student teachers as agents of change
- TDA research
- Teaching - A Masters profession
- Masters level colloquium Discussion notes from the ESCalate Masters colloquium 5.6.09
- PP presentation from the Masters Colloquium