Withdrawals from the PGCE Courses

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Withdrawals from the PGCE Courses
On 1 September 2005 the Teacher Training Agency
(TTA) became the Training and Development Agency
for Schools (TDA) and took on an expanded remit.
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are re-branding our literature only when
necessary.
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Objectives

• To provide a measurement of the number of
  withdrawals from PGCE courses
• To establish the reasons for the withdrawals
• To examine the impact of training bursaries

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Methodology

• E-survey of ITT providers
• Postal survey via providers of students who had
  withdrawn

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Response

• 52 HEIs in England and Wales (64 response)
• 28 SCITT providers (60 response)

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Feedback from Providers

• Withdrawals from HEI providers - 10.4
• Withdrawals from SCITT providers - 14.6
• Overall withdrawals 10.7

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HEI and SCITT withdrawal rates by region
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Postal survey of students who had withdrawn

• Questionnaire posted via providers
• Sent out to 1,491 students who had withdrawn
• 398 returned

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Profile of respondents
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Profile of respondents
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Profile of respondents
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Main single reason for withdrawals
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Training Bursary
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Training Bursary
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Training Bursary
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Length of time considering teaching
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Weeks followed before trainees withdrew
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Stage of course
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Perceptions of the teaching experience rating
scale 3 to -3)
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Decision discussed?
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What could have been done?
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Conclusions
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Conclusions
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Conclusions
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Reasons for leaving
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