Does primary teacher education pass muster?
The Multi-Site Teacher Education Research Project (MUSTER) was a large scale collaborative project aimed at generating new understandings of teacher education before, during and after the point of initial qualification. What globally relevant priorities for teacher education and for the goal of Education for All (EFA) have emerged from MUSTER’s national case studies? MUSTER draws on research findings from Ghana, Lesotho, Malawi and Trinidad and Tobago. A Synthesis Report on these countries has been produced by the University of Sussex’s Centre for International Education which coordinated the research. A separate book – Changing Patterns of Teacher Education in South Africa – collates analyses from South African MUSTER research. The authors highlight the challenges posed by Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for teacher education. National targets for enrolment and pupil-teacher ratios for primary schooling are immense and may be the main constraint on universalising enrolment by 2015
