as a university-based teacher education institution
has a strong foundation in terms of the structure and
substance of its teacher education programmes. Like
many high-performing teacher education providers in
the world, NIE’s model provides theoretical foundation
to produce the “thinking teacher” whilst concurrently
having strong partnerships with key stakeholders and the
schools to ensure strong clinical practice and realities of
professionalism in teacher development. Our strength also
lies in a strong base in subject matter and pedagogical
content knowledge, as well as a strong connection to
educational research. The adoption of the universitybased
model demonstrates that teaching is a profession,
where the development of teachers is underpinned by
evidenced-based learning, and where teachers require
the award of a degree as a pre-requisite for joining the
profession.
Previous reviews affirmed both the structure