Empowering beginning teachers to be agents of change in a complex educational climate
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JULIA TRICKEY, ASSISTANT PGCE PRIMARY PROGRAMME LEADER AND SEND AND INCLUSION SPECIALIST, UNIVERSITY OF DERBY, UK
BECKY MANTON, PROGRAMME LEADER, UNIVERSITY OF DERBY, UK
CHARLOTTE MOSEY, ASSISTANT HEAD OF DISCIPLINE: PRIMARY ITT/E, UNIVERSITY OF DERBY, UK
The importance of preparing early career teachers to be able to facilitate progress for all learners has been put into focus in the Initial Teacher Training and Early Career Teacher Framework (DfE, 2024).
The University of Derby’s initial teacher training/education (ITT/E) provision subscribes to the notion that high-quality, adaptive and inclusive practice can achieve positive outcomes for all children, regardless of their linguistic, ethnic, socio-cultural or gender identity (Smythe, 2025). We are also mindful of the research-to-practice gap (Cook and Farley, 2019) and have balanced our curriculum with both foundational pedagogic theory and practical application to meet these challenges.
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