An Evaluation of the Initial Teacher Training Professional Resource Network (Iprn): Behaviour4learning

Περίληψη

Early in 2002 the Teacher Training Agency (TTA) created a new directorate, the Teaching Training Support directorate, with the Effective Practices and Research Dissemination (EPRD) Team as one of eight teams within this directorate. The EPRD was directed to work with initial teacher education (ITE) providers to build the professional knowledge base in ITE through identifying, systematically, effective practices and relevant research;disseminating this information to stakeholders; commissioning research and development where gaps in knowledge and practice were identified; using ICT to support the dissemination of effective practices in ITE. The focus of the
work was to provide a research and evidence base to support teacher trainers and develop the ITE knowledge base. Collectively these networks were known as Initial Teacher Education Professional Resource Networks (IPRNs).