“Moving beyond the ‘initial’ in Initial Teacher Education” – Louise Whitfield

Much literature around the NQT induction year is embedded in the narrative of ‘survival’ with discourse focusing upon this primarily as a gateway for NQTs to then ‘thrive’ … perhaps this narrative sets NQTs up to believe that the NQT year is something much more daunting than it need be…

– Whitfield (17)

In this study, Louise Whitfield investigates how Initial Teacher Education (ITE) providers can best support Newly Qualified Teachers (NQTs) by looking at barriers that NQTs face, their perceptions of the support they need. She uses these findings to examine how this support could be embedded into a university’s NQT Strategy.

NQTs need support during their induction year but they also need opportunity to ‘off-load’ and reflect on their practice.

– Louise Whitfield (22)

This article can be downloaded for free here.