There are plans set out by Michael Gove, who is Education Secretary. He wants that teachers in England will be trained in the work field rather than in universities. He wants more schools to work with universities to train teachers while they worked. The National Union of Teachers said that people who want to become teachers need practical training but they also need space to learn and exchange ideas on best practice. There are people, who think that school-based learning will increase the expertise in teacher training from universities. They are also afraid that about 300 courses will be closed or merged. Another plan he announced at the conference is that he wants to attract top graduates, to teach in challenging schools, for subjects where there was a teacher shortage or to teach maths in primary schools by paying them extra money.
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I think it is a good thing that people who are becoming teachers get more practice in the school. You can learn a lot about teaching at the university but you learn best in practice. In the schools people experience what it is like to be or to become a teacher. Teacher trainees still need courses to become a teacher. In Germany at the university of Dortmund it takes 4 years before the teacher trainees teach at schools. This is bad because after those hard years of studying some people realize they don’t like to teach. I don’t think money is a good way to attract people to become a teacher. People should be motivated to become a teacher because they really want it and not because of the extra money.
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