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Introducing the GTC Networks.
Good teaching needs good networks and good networks need good teachers.
The GTC Networks provide support by linking teachers nationally and putting them in touch with the latest research and evidence. They let teachers have a voice at national debates on changes to education.
The 'Becoming a Teacher' project
The Becoming a Teacher (BaT) project is a research study of teachers’ experiences of initial teacher training, induction and early professional development. It began in 2003 and is expected to end in 2009.
It is co-funded by the GTC and aims to compare experiences across all the different routes into teaching.
What’s been happening?
The BaT research team report on the findings from the first year of the project discusses:
- why people decide to become teachers and whether motivation varies by route
- why trainee teachers follow particular routes into teaching
- trainee teachers’ prior expectations of teaching and ITT programmes
- trainee teachers’ early experiences of ITT.
To learn more about the BaT project, download the resources below:
BaT research brief (PDF)
BaT interim report (PDF)
What next?
How will some of the topic areas mentioned above inform trainees’/teachers’ subsequent experiences, including their decisions about the profession? Keep track of the BaT project by visiting the Becoming a Teacher website.
To tell us what you think about BaT, email engage@gtce.org.uk.
