Implications of government funding policies for research on teaching and teacher education: England and Wales

Abstract

That recent changes in government policies are having a profound effect on research and research training on teaching and teacher education in England and Wales, there can be no doubt. And that those effects are, to say the least, severely damaging is hardly disputable. What I shall try to do in this paper to make clear what is happening is to outline very briefly the framework under which such research has until recently been developed, say something on the policies now operating, draw out their more serious consequences, and in conclusion offer the best suggestions I can muster for containing the damage.