Press Release

GTC RESPONDS TO 2020 VISION REPORT

4 January 2007

 

GTC Director of Policy Sarah Stephens says: “The 2020 Vision report is encouraging and the GTC backs most of the group’s recommendations. In particular, we welcome the report’s rich and varied interpretation of personalised learning and we are pleased to see its focus on innovation and the need to embed assessment for learning. In our assessment work, the GTC has recommended that both the national curriculum and how it is assessed are looked at, and so we welcome the proposal for a group to examine these issues.

 

“We also endorse the report’s focus on additional support for pupils who are underachieving and targeted resources for those most at risk of under-attainment, as well as its recognition of the importance of practice-based learning for teachers.

 

“The approach to continuing professional development (CPD) advocated in the report broadly aligns with GTC research evidence on what supports teacher and pupil learning, and the GTC’s Teacher Learning Academy offers recognition to teachers for such an approach.  

 

“The strength of personalised learning as a practice lies in bringing together a wide range of complementary strategies into one package, and so we now urge Government to adopt an equally holistic approach to policy.”