Publications

  • Kennedy, A., Carver, M. & Adams, P. (2023). Measuring quality in initial teacher education: Final report. Scottish Council of Deans of Education. Download here
  • Adams, P. (2022). Briefing paper: initial teacher education. Scottish Parliament Information Centre. Link
  • Kennedy, A.& Bell, L.(2022). School-based teacher educators: A Scottish manifesto. In I. Menter (Ed.). Palgrave handbook of teacher education research. Palgrave.
  • Carver, M. (2021). Survey methods to identify risk of attrition: measures of career intention and regret. Education Sciences, 11(10), 617.
  • Adams, P., Beck, A., & Carver, M. (2021). Partnership through placement: Scottish HEI-tutors views on collaboration with schools through the Initial Teacher Education placement experience, Journal of Education for Teaching 49(1).
  • Kennedy, A., Adams, P. & Carver, M. (2021). Measuring quality in initial teacher in the Scottish context: a context-specific endeavour. In D. Mayer (Ed.) Teacher Education Policy and Research: Global Perspectives. Springer.
  • Kennedy, A., Beck, A. & Shanks, R. (2021). ‘Developing a context-appropriate framework for measuring quality in initial teacher education’ Scottish Educational Review, 53(1), 3-25.
  • Carver, M. & Shanks, R. (2021). New teachers’ responses to COVID-19 in Scotland: doing surprisingly well?, Journal of Education for Teaching 47(1), 118-120, DOI: 10.1080/02607476.2021.1874821
  • Shanks, R., & Carver, M. (2021). New teachers’ responses to Covid-19, British Educational Research Association. Report Blog Podcast
  • R. Shanks (Ed.)(2020)., Teacher Preparation in Scotland. Emerald.
  • Adams, P. & McLennan, C. (2020) Towards initial teacher education quality: Epistemological considerations, Educational Philosophy and Theory 53(6) 644-654, DOI:10.1080/00131857.2020.1807324
  • MQuITE Project Team (2018). MQuITE Framework Feb 2018. Edinburgh: Scottish Council of Deans of Education.
  • Rauschenberger, E., Adams, P. & Kennedy, A. (2017). Measuring Quality in Initial Teacher Education (MQuITE) Literature Review: Executive Summary. Edinburgh: Scottish Council of Deans of Education.
  • Rauschenberger, E., Adams, P. & Kennedy, A. (2017). Measuring Quality in ITE: A literature review for Scotland’s MQuITE study. Edinburgh: Scottish Council of Deans of Education.

Presentations

  • Kennedy, A. (2021). ‘Measuring Quality in Initial Teacher Education: 2020 Highlights’, 8th June. Video
  • Shanks, R. & Carver, M. (2021). New teachers’ professional development needs in response to emergency remote teaching in Scotland, European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) 2021, August 23-27 (online). Abstract Video Slides
  • Carver, M. & Adams, P. (2021). A sustainable workforce through Initial Teacher Education (ITE): a new waste management policy? Teacher Education Policy in Europe (TEPE) 2020, May 13-15 in Helsinki. Abstract Video Slides
  • Kennedy, A. (2019). Exploring The Perspectives Of School-Based Teacher Educators In University-Led ITE . European Conference on Educational Research. University of Hamburg, 5th September Abstract Slides with narration
  • Adams, P. (2019). Measuring the Quality of Initial Teacher Education Partnership in Scotland. European Conference on Educational Research. University of Hamburg, 3rd September Abstract Slides with narration
  • Carver, M. (2019). Playing Safe, Faking Good, And Gatekeeping: Tensions In Practice-Based Assessment Of Student Teacher Preparedness. European Conference on Educational Research. University of Hamburg, 3rd September Abstract Slides with narration
  • Attard Tonna, M. & Shanks, R. (2019) Comparative study of new pathways into teaching in Malta and Scotland, 18th Biennial EARLI Conference for Research on Learning and Instruction, RWTH Aachen University, Germany, 12-16th August 2019. Abstract
  • Carver, M. (2019). Looking back and across: Comparing and contextualising data from the MQuITE project. Symposium: Visions of ITE: Looking around in the Measuring Quality in Initial Teacher Education project (Chairperson M. Maguire), Scottish Educational Research Association Conference, Edinburgh.
  • Shanks, R. (2019) Weighing up frameworks to measure the quality of initial teacher education in Scotland, Educational Studies Association of Ireland Conference 2019, Education in Times of Change, Choice and Challenge, St. Angela’s College and Radisson Blu Hotel, Sligo, 11–13th April 2019. Abstract
  • Kennedy, A. (2018). MQuITE project update presented to the SCDE stakeholder conference, Stirling, 20th September 2018. Slides
  • Kennedy, A., Adams, P. & Rauschenberger, E. (2017). Measuring quality in initial in teacher education (MQUITE). Presentation given at the European Conference on Educational Research, Copenhagen, August 2017.