The Case for In‐service Education

The article considers the strengths of the arguments for the development and support of in‐service teacher education in England and Wales. The case focusses on two major issues, namely:

the major problems being faced by teachers in the schools, coupled with declining school rolls which together mean that the composition of provision is now largely fixed for the next few years; and

the extent to which central Government policy supports in‐service education for teachers and the extent of central finance possible.