The Liberals want to raise teacher competence – Aftonbladet

Policies. Higher demands on prospective student teachers – and one year of mandatory training for already competent teacher.

Liberal amendment on school grounds get positive response from teachers’ quarters, but solves no teacher shortage in the near future.

– You will need to have unauthorized substitutes, but the goal is to reduce it gradually. In the longer term, this is what is the solution for more people to become teachers, and we must have quality in the future faculty, says party leader Jan Björklund.

Criticism of government

“Schools first” was the title of his sommartal on a sun-drenched pier at Eriksberg in Gothenburg. Prior to a few hundred listeners presented comprehensive proposals to raise the status of the teaching profession. At the same time criticized the government’s education policy to be clumsy.

– The fact is that if you go around on Fridolins education ministry is more difficult to find proposals for increased knowledge in school than it is to find a Pokémon, Jan Björklund said in his speech.

Two billion per year, the price tag puts liberals in their training proposals. For all competent teachers, the proposal become mandatory to train for a dozen years in the profession. Studies will be conducted within your own subject, topic, methodology or to authorize the additional substances. The state pays 80 percent of a teacher’s regular salary during the year of study, which can also be divided into several periods.

teachers’ unions are in favor of investment in training, but the National Union of Teachers dislike the teacher education programs as proposed only be conducted in the country’s six largest universities.

“For low ratings”

Liberal amendment, which also includes the aptitude test and higher rating thresholds, does not seem to agree very well with what the government presented on Sunday: a comprehensive expansion of the number of study at teacher training colleges.

– They will unfortunately be sought by students who have fairly low prior knowledge. I think it is important to raise the quality of teacher education than to massively expand the sites and take in a lot of low scores, says Jan Björklund.

FACTS

Liberal amendment

liberals’ proposals for strengthening the teaching profession:

first One year training in universities is a must for all teachers during their career. They get 80 percent of their salary during the study, from the state.

2. Subject teacher education change so that students taking a master’s degree, then two years of study in a teaching subject.

third More stringent admission requirements for teacher training. A minimum final grade C in Swedish and subjects them to become subject teachers in. Or at least 1.0 on the university entrance exam.

fourth Subject teacher education only at the six largest universities.

fifth Requirements for eligibility in the current topic to get rate – only teacher registration will not be enough.

Source: Liberals

21 August 2016 14:52