Alternative Scenarios for Managing Educational Contraction
Keywords:
teacher education, declining enrolment, teacher supply, higher education policyAbstract
Demand for more teachers has declined just when faculties reached the capacity to overcome the shortage of well-prepared professionals. Adjustment to the new realities will be difficult and overreaction is possible. The background for current management decisions is reviewed. Then four scenarios for negotiating cutbacks are proposed. All reflect initiative by the profession and particularly by faculties of education. Response is anticipated by government and other sectors of society. Taken together, the scenarios represent substantial departures from current means of coping with overcapacity.
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