Developing teacher expertise at work: in‐service trainee teachers in colleges of further education in England

This paper presents findings from a study of the experiences of in‐service trainee teachers in colleges of further education in England on programmes run under the auspices of and through franchise arrangements with universities. It argues that there is a significant gap between the rhetoric of gaining teaching qualifications through a work‐based route and the reality experienced by many in‐service trainees. Consideration of the role of the...