Summary
With modern languages now considered as a core part of the primary school curriculum under the Curriculum for Excellence, it would appear that current initial teacher education (ITE) courses are being inappropriately approved by the Minister of Education.
This is based on current guidelines which state that, as a general rule, Scottish ministers will only approve those programmes of initial teacher education which meet the requirements set out in Section 3 of the guidelines for approving ITE courses as of 2006.See the full content of this document
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Learning Modern Languages Needs to Be at Heart of Teacher-Training Curriculum
In section 3.2 of the guidelines, it states: "Programmes must prepare teachers to teach children through two full years of pre- school education, and those attending primary school....
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