Profession or trade? Why training NZ’s teachers in the classroom is not the right answer
- Written by: Kirsten Locke, Associate Professor, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Choreograph/Getty ImagesHow New Zealand trains teachers is about to change with the government’s push to increase the workforce by 1,500. The plan, announced ahead of the 2024 budget, includes funding 1,200 places for aspiring teachers to be trained in the classroom, rather than in universities as they currently are.
While there will still be...
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