Placing ‘Knowledge’ in Teacher Education in the English Further Education Sector: An Alternative Approach Based on Collaboration and Evidence-Based Research.

This paper focuses on teacher education in the English further education sector, where the teaching of disciplinary and pedagogic knowledge is an issue. Using research findings, the paper advocates an approach based on collaboration and informed research to emphasize and integrate knowledge(s) in situated teaching contexts despite working in a climate of competition as advocated by the current neo-liberal government. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]