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). ā€˜Developing a context-appropriate framework for measuring quality in initial teacher educationā€™ Scottish Educational Review, 53(1), 3-25.
  • Carver, M. & Shanks, R. (2021). New teachersā€™ 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 teachersā€™ 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 Scotlandā€™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. Angelaā€™s College and Radisson Blu Hotel, Sligo, 11ā€“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.