This is an ESCalate themed funding project in the area of Teacher Educators for the 21st Century led by Viv Ellis of the University of Oxford. The project aims to provide original insights into the institutional conceptualisations of teacher education as academic work and the practical activities undertaken by this category of higher education worker. The study will have relevance for the organisational development of HE education departments and for the learning of teachers within them
Grant type: Themed funding: Teacher Educators for the 21st Century
Round: Teacher Educators for the 21st Century
Amount awarded £14 497.00
Completed: May 2011
Leader(s): Dr Viv Ellis
Organisation: University of Oxford
Contact Email: viv.ellis@education.ox.ac.uk
Contact phone: 01865 274009
Partners: Professor Jim McNally
Faculty of Education University of Strathclyde
Start Date: 1 March 2010
End Date: 21 July 2011
Interim report received: 12 January 2011
Final report received: 17 May 2011
The project aims to provide original insights into the institutional conceptualisations of teacher education as academic work and the practical activities undertaken by this category of higher education worker. The study will have relevance for the organisational development of HE Education departments and for the learning of teachers within them.
