Brown, Charmaine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6471-9706 (2023) An exploration of FE teachers’ attitudes, intentions, and behaviours in response to the ‘Professionalisation Agenda’: a review of CPD requirements in further education ITE in UK. In: 2023 Bi-Annual International Conference on Educational Leadership & Management, 18th - 20th October 2023, Holiday Inn, Montego Bay, Jamaica. (Unpublished)

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Since 1993, consecutive governments in England have introduced a range of education reforms referred to as the Professionalisation Agenda, aimed at developing the quality of teaching and training provisions in Further Education. This agenda, while overtly seeking to achieve parity of esteem of FE teachers with school teachers has reportedly given more work and diminished autonomy, imposing a contract culture on organisations, a target culture on staff and a wider sense of de-professionalisation and proletarianisation with little consultation with the profession. It has been stated that the education reforms should foster professional development leading to better teaching, which in turn would improve learner achievements in a competitive market economy. This study explores the views of a sample of teachers, teacher educators and education managers on the impact of enhanced academic and professional qualifications and professional membership on teachers’ continuous professional development (CPD) and practice. The research uses questionnaires and semi-structured interviews to collect data from participants working in both vocational and academic curriculum areas, teaching in FE institutions in England. Although the teachers in the study have faced constraints and challenges in their continuous professional development, they are resilient during change processes. Continuous Professional Development is one of the main emergent themes explored in this presentation.

Item Type:	Conference or Conference Paper (Lecture)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Professionalisation Agenda; Further Education CPD
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General) L Education > LC Special aspects of education > LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > School of Education (EDU)
Related URLs:	Organisation
Last Modified:	20 Oct 2023 08:29
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/43446

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