- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 April 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 28 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive in how many schools history is taught as part of a wider group of subjects, for example integrated in social studies, in (a) S1 and (b) S2 and how this compares with (i) two, (ii) four and (iii) eight years ago.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-33252 on 28 April 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 April 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 28 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what role its officials, nominated by ministers to sit on the council of the General Teaching Council for Scotland, have in terms of accrediting Initial Teacher Education programmes.
Answer
Scottish Government officials do not sit on the council but are appointed as assessors. They are entitled to attend and speak but have no voting rights. Assessors have no role in accrediting Initial Teacher Education programmes. Accreditation is solely a matter for the GTCS.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 April 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 28 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that Initial Teacher Education programmes for primary teachers offering no core modern languages in the primary teacher training course adequately prepare new teachers to deliver the full primary curriculum.
Answer
The Guidelines for Initial Teacher Education courses in Scotland are not prescriptive about the balance of course content. Accordingly, courses will include varying proportions of subject content.
The General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS), which is currently being established as the independent, profession-led regulatory body for the teaching profession in Scotland, conducts a thorough process of accreditation of all programmes of Initial Teacher Education (ITE). Officials on behalf of the Scottish ministers approve programmes only on the basis of the council''s recommendations.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 April 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 28 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how much time is spent teaching European history in (a) primary schools, (b) S1 and (c) S2.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-33252 on 28 April 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 April 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 28 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is an expectation on all primary schools to teach modern languages, with lessons being introduced no later than primary six and, if so, for how long this expectation has been in place.
Answer
There is an expectation on all primary schools to teach modern languages, with lessons being introduced no later than primary six. This expectation has been in place since the Scottish Executive responded to the recommendations of the
Citizens of a Multilingual World report in September 2001.
Curriculum for Excellence Experiences and Outcomes guidance for teachers, published on 2 April 2009, reinforces the expectation that schools will offer a modern language beginning no later than primary 6, and that modern language learning and teaching will be exciting, engaging and relevant, developing cultural awareness as well as communicative competence.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 April 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 28 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how much time is spent teaching British history in (a) primary schools, (b) S1 and (c) S2.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-33252 on 28 April 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 April 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 28 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of any Initial Teacher Education programmes for primary teachers offering no core modern languages in the primary teacher training course and, if so, how long it has been aware.
Answer
The Guidelines for Initial Teacher Education courses in Scotland are not prescriptive about the balance of course content. Accordingly, courses will include varying proportions of subject content.
The General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS), which is currently being established as the independent, profession-led regulatory body for the teaching profession in Scotland, conducts a thorough process of accreditation of all programmes of Initial Teacher Education (ITE). Officials on behalf of the Scottish ministers approve programmes only on the basis of the council''s recommendations.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 April 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 28 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the Guidelines for Initial Teacher Education and the Standard for Initial Teacher Education put an onus on its officials on the council of the General Teaching Council for Scotland to support only the accreditation of Initial Teacher Education programmes that prepare all new teachers with the competencies to deliver the full primary curriculum.
Answer
Officials do not sit on the council but are appointed as assessors who are entitled to attend and speak but have no voting rights. Assessors have no role in accrediting Initial Teacher Education programmes. Accreditation is solely a matter for the GTCS.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 April 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 28 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the Guidelines for Initial Teacher Education and the Standard for Initial Teacher Education have been appropriately adhered to in the accreditation and approval of Initial Teacher Education programmes since December 2006, with particular emphasis on preparing new teachers with the competencies to deliver modern languages in the primary school cross-referenced against section 3.2 of the Guidelines for Initial Teacher Education and sections 1.1.1, 1.1.3, and 2.1.1 of the Standard for Initial Teacher Education.
Answer
The Guidelines for Initial Teacher Education courses in Scotland are not prescriptive about the balance of course content. Accordingly, courses will include varying proportions of subject content.
The General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS), which is currently being established as the independent, profession-led regulatory body for the teaching profession in Scotland, conducts a thorough process of accreditation of all programmes of Initial Teacher Education (ITE). Officials on behalf of the Scottish ministers approve programmes only on the basis of the council''s recommendations.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 April 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 28 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the Guidelines for Initial Teacher Education and the Standard for Initial Teacher Education put an onus on its officials on the council of the General Teaching Council for Scotland to support only the accreditation of Initial Teacher Education programmes that prepare all new teachers with the competencies to teach modern languages in the primary school, given the position of modern languages in the primary curriculum.
Answer
Officials do not sit on the council but are appointed as assessors who are entitled to attend and speak but have no voting rights. Assessors have no role in accrediting Initial Teacher Education programmes. Accreditation is solely a matter for the GTCS.
