James (1972)

Notes on the text
Preliminary pages Membership, Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 The third cycle
Chapter 3 The second cycle
Chapter 4 The first cycle
Chapter 5 Organisation and development of the system
Chapter 6 Summary of the report
A note of extension

Appendix 1 ATOs and other bodies supplying reports
Appendix 2 Sources of written evidence
Appendix 3 Sources of oral evidence
Appendix 4 Visits made by members of the Committee
Appendix 5 Training institutions and the teaching force 1962-70
Appendix 6 Examples of course structure for the DipHE
Appendix 7 A possible distribution of Regional Councils
Appendix 8 Training institutions: size and status
Appendix 9 List of recommendations

Index

Report by a Committee of Inquiry appointed by the Secretary of State for Education and Science, under the Chairmanship of Lord James of Rusholme

London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1972
© Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland.

Index
[pages 117 - 128]

Unless otherwise stated the references are to paragraph numbers.

Advanced diplomas 2.17, 6.13.

Advanced qualifications (see also Higher degrees, MA(Ed)) 2.17.

Area training organisations

boundaries, 5.4, 6.17.
history, 5.1.
in-service training, contribution to, 5.6.
membership, 5.3, 6.17.
reviews, 1.3, 1.5, 4.11, Appendix 1.
universities role in, 5.1, 5.14-5.20.
Wales, 5.44.

holders of qualifications in, admission to second cycle, 3.26.
teachers of, third cycle, 2.19.

BA(Ed), 3.33-3.35.
DipHE, 4.22.
of teaching competence, 3.19.

award, conditions of, 3.34-3.35, 6.13.
awarding body, 5.20, 5.28, 5.40, 6.18, 6.20.
FE teachers, 3.28.
reciprocity for admission to third cycle, 5.9.
timing of first awards, 5.42, 6.20.

initial qualification, 3.36, 3.37, Note of extension.
small teaching groups, 3.3, 4.12.
students, choice of college, 5.16.
third cycle qualification, 2.17, 3.36, 5.28,6.13.
universities, effect on, 5.18.
University of Wales, 5.45.

Binary system, 1.7, 5.3, 5.34.

Burnham Committee, 2.22.

Careers work, 2.10, 2.19, 3.15.

Central Grants Committee, 5.39.

Colleges of education (see also voluntary colleges, professional centres)

amalgamation, 5.37, Note of extension.
degrees, other than BA(Ed), 4.21, 5.36, Note of extension.
entry requirements, 4.23.
facilities, sharing of, 5.39.
finance, 5.33-5.35.
growth, 1.6, 3.43, 6.21, 6.23, Appendix 5.
professional centres, representation on management committees, 2.33.
probation, role in, 3.8-3.9.
RCCDEs, membership of, 5.13, 5.14, 5.24-5.25, 5.28, 5.30, 6.19, Appendix 7.
resources, influence on allocation of, 6.19.
schools, relations with, 3.7-3.9, 3.45, 3.51.
specialisation, 3.38, 4.6, 4.12, 4.21, 5.10, 5.29, 5.36, 6.9.
staff, 2.16, 2.33, 3.2, 3.7, 3.36, 3.51, 4.11, 4.12, 5.13, 5.15-5.16, 6.12.
teachers, employment of, 2.19, 2.29, 3.50, 3.51.
third cycle, contribution to, 2.4, 2.29, 5.36.
universities, relations with, 3.36, 3.42, 5.1, 5.3, 5.12, 5.14-5.20, Note of extension.

courses, 6.15.
future, 5.38.
professional centres in, 2.30.

FE teachers, 2.27-2.28, 6.14-6.15.
graduates, 2.13, 3.29.

DipHE and, 4.6, 4.13-4.15, 6.9.
virtues and weaknesses, 3.2, 6.3-6.4, 6.9.

of the committee's proposals, 1.2, 6.25-6.26.

DipHE, admission of holders to degree courses, 4.21.
DipHE and degrees based on it, validation, 5.20, 5.31, 6.20, Note of extension.
establishment, 1.7.
RCCDEs, membership of, 5.25, Appendix 7.

Curriculum

changes, third cycle needs, 2.8.
study of, 1.8.
teachers, participation in development, 2.2, 2.16.

balance, 3.17, 3.38, 3.40, 5.29.
continuity, 3.17, Note of extension.
definition, 1.9, 6.5.

academic, for all teachers, 6.13.
as first cycle qualifications, 3.26, 4.3, 5.28, 6.6, Note of extension.
DipHE, based on, 4.21, 5.20, 5.29, 6.7, 6.13, 6.20, Note of extension.
joint, in education and other subjects, 3.42, 4.3, 6.6.
third cycle, 2.17, 2.36.

alleged threat to colleges' academic freedom, 5.15, 5.19.
balance of training requirement, 3.3.
planning functions, 5.5.
RCCDEs, assessors on, 5.25, 6.19, Appendix 7.
third cycle, contribution to, 2.4, 2.5.

DipAD, 1.7, 5.28.

DipHE

aims, 4.8.
award, conditions of, 4.22.
awarding bodies, 4.24, 5.20, 5.30, 5.31, 5.45, 6.20, Note of extension.
colleges, effect on, 6.22-6.23.
course structure, examples of, 4.17, Appendix 6.
courses, colleges' freedom to devise and examine, 4.8, 4.24, 5.30.
courses, rationalisation of, 4.12.
currency, 4.18-4.22, 4.24, 5.9, 6.7, 6.22.
educational studies, 4.9, 4.10, 4.13, 4.17, 6.6, 6.9, Appendix 6.
entry requirements, 4.23, 5.35.
individual work, 4.16.
institutions other than colleges of education, in, 4.1, 5.9, 5.31.
length, 4.17.
practical observation, 4.13-4.14, 6.9.
principles, 4.4-4.6, 6.6.
teachers, for FE, 6.14.
teachers, for intending, 4.6, 4.13, 4.15, 4.17, 6.9.
teaching methods, 4.16.
timing of first awards, 5.42, 6.20.

'Diversification', 6.8.

Education departments

in colleges, 3.3, 4.12.
in polytechnics, see Polytechnics.
in universities, see Universities.

in existing initial courses, 3.2, 9.4, 6.9.
in first cycle, 3.12, 3.43, 4.2, 4.3, 4.6, 4.9-4.10, 4.13-4.15, 4.17, Note of extension.
in first year of second cycle, 3.16, 3.17, 3.19, 6.10.
in third cycle, 2.2, 2.7, 3.16.

Entry qualifications (see also Selection).

BEd 3.36.
DipHE, 4.23, 5.35.
of existing college students, 5.2.
second cycle, 3.26-3.28, 4.3, 4.4, 5.9, 5.20, 5.28, 6.18.
third cycle, 2.17, 5.9.

committee's sources, 1.3, 1.4, appendices 1-3.
on concurrent course, 3.2.
on in-service training, 2.3, 6.25.

ATOs, 5.29.
central grants committee, 5.39.
colleges, 5.33-5.35.
NCTET and RCCDEs, 5.19, 5.29.
NCTET, responsibilities of, 5.32.
RCCDEs, responsibilities of, 5.10, 5.32.
voluntary colleges, 5.36.

colleges of education, planning, 5.29.
courses, types of, 4.3-4.4, 6.6, Note of extension.

professional centres, access to, 2.30.
professional centres in, 2.30, 5.7, 5.38.
professional tutors in, 2.26, 3.52.
second cycle, employment of teachers in second year, 3.52.
third cycle, contribution to, 2.20, 2.36, 2.38, 5.38.

FE teachers (see also Teachers)

compulsory training, 2.27-2.28, 6.14--6.15.
first cycle courses, 6.14.
polytechnics, contribution to training, 3.44, 5.38.
professional centres, access to, 2.30--2.31.
professional centres, part-time work for, 2.33.
professional centres, representation on management committees, 2.33.
RCCDEs, representation on, 5.8, 5.25.
second cycle, admission to, 3.28.
second cycle courses, 3.32, 3.52, 6.15.
specialists, training, 5.38.
third cycle, entitlement to, 2.26.
third cycle, initial training, 2.14, 2.27-2.28.
third cycle, joint courses with school teachers, 2.30.
transfer to schools, 6.14.

Graduates (see also Degrees)

existing training arrangements, 1.8, 3.6-3.10.
in infant and primary schools, 3.17, 4.3.
second cycle, admission to, 3.26, 4.3, Note of extension.
second cycle, special courses, 3.29, 3.46.
third cycle, needs, 2.8, 2.13.

DipHE students, 5.35.
intending FE teachers, 2.27.
mature graduates, 3.29.

HMI, 2.4, 2.15.

Higher degrees

holders of, second cycle courses, 3.29, 3.46.
third cycle, opportunities to obtain, 2.2, 2.17.

prospective expansion, 4.3, 6.21, 6.24, Note of extension.

History of education see Educational studies

Home economics, 4.6, 5.36, 6.9.

Immigrants (see also Multiracial schools)

immigrant teachers, third cycle provision, 2.10.

independent schools, 3.52.

Industrial training boards, 1.7.

ILEA, 5.24, Appendix 7.

Institutes of education (see. also ATOs.)

third cycle, contribution to, 2.4. universities, relations with, 5.18.

of student teachers, 4.5, 6.8, 6.21.

Languages (see. also Bilingualism)

teachers of, 2.19, 3.14.

Licensed teachers (see also BA(Ed)

continued studies, 3.22, 6.11.
direct grant and independent schools, employment in, 3.52.
FE teachers, position of, 3.32, 6.14.
professional centres, assignment to, 3.21-3.22, 6.11, Note of extension.
Secretary of State, recognition by, 3.35, 5.28, 6.10, 6.18.
selection for first posts, 3.46.
status, 3.20, 3.33, 6.11.

advisers, employment of, 2.35.
alleged threat to colleges' academic freedom, 5.15, 5.19.
ATOs, membership of, 5.4, 5.5.
colleges, financing of, 5.33-5.35, 6.19.
in-service training, evidence on, 2.3.
licensed teachers, assessment of, 3.34.
licensed teachers, selection of, 3.46.
professional centres, provision of, 2.30-2.31, 5.43.
professional tutors, nomination of, 5.43.
RCCDEs, membership of, 5.14, 5.23-5.25, 5.28, 6.19, Appendix 7.
third cycle, role in, 2.4, 2.5, 5.43.

Mature students (see also FE teachers, Graduates, Grants)

DipHE courses, exceptional admission to, 4.23.
training, relevance of, 3.14.

McNair report, 1.5, 5.1, 5.2, 5.26, 5.44, Note of extension.

Meetings

of the committee, 1.4.

Motivation

students', 3.26, 4.3, 4.19, 6.7.

Music

holders of qualifications in, admission to second cycle, 3.26. teachers of, third cycle, 2.19.

NCTET

BA(Ed), award of, 5.28, 5.40, 6.18, 6.20.
colleges, designation for degree work, 4.21.
committees, 5.27-5.31, 6.18, 6.20.
cost, 6.25.
DipHE, award of, 5.20, 5.30, 5.40, 6.20.
finance, 5.29.
FE training, co-ordination of, 5.38.
MA(Ed), award of, 5.28.
membership, 5.26, 5.40.
need for, 5.5, 5.26.
professional centres, designation of, 2.32.
professional qualifications, approval of, 5.28, 6. i 8, 6.20.
resources, influence on allocation of, 3.38, 5.10, 5.32, 5.34.
second cycle, control of entry qualifications, 3.26, 3.29, 5.20, 6.18, 6.20.
second cycle, planning of, 3.38-3.40.
student places, distribution of, 3.38, 3.40, 5.29.
timetable for establishment, 5.40.

Open University

establishment, 1.7, 5.3.
RCCDEs, membership of, 5.25, Appendix 7.
second cycle, contribution to, 3.29.
third cycle, influence in, 2.36.

Parliamentary Select Committee, 1.3, 1.5.

Philosophy of education see Educational studies

Physical education, 2.8, 2.9, 4.6, 5.36, 6.9.

Polytechnics

ATOs, membership of, 5.3, 5.4.
colleges of education, amalgamation with, 5.37.
establishment, 1.7, 5.3.
professional centres in, 2.30.
RCCDEs, membership of, 5.14, 5.24, 5.25, 5.30, 6.17, 6.19, appendix 7.
third cycle, contribution to, 2.4, 2.36, 2.38, 3.44.

ATOs, membership of, 5.3.
RCCDEs, membership of, 5.14, 5.25, 5.28, Appendix 7.
second cycle, role in, 3.44, 5.38.

Postgraduate training (see also Graduates, Second cycle)

existing courses, 1.8, 6.4.

Professional centres

cost, 6.25.
licensed teachers, assessment of, 3.34.
management, 2.33.
multi-racial schools, training for, 2.10.
NCTET, recognition by, 2.32, 5.7.
number and distribution, 2.31.
purposes, 2.29-2.34.
RCCDEs, membership of professional committees, 5.28.
RCCDEs, recognition by, 2.32, 2.33, 3.23, 5.7.
resources, 2.31.
second cycle, role in, 3.21-3.23, 6.11.
staffing, 2.33.
timetable for establishment, 5.42, 5.43.

direct grant and independent schools, in, 3.52.
FE colleges, in, 2.26, 3.52.
nomination, 5.43.
second cycle, role in second year, 3.22, 3.50, 6.11.
third cycle, role in, 2.25, 3.50, 6.11.
training, 2.25, 3.50, 3.52, 5.43.

Raising the school leaving age, 1.8, 2.11.

Reading see Language arts

Re-entrants to teaching; 2.12.

Regional advisory councils for FE, 5.39.

RCCDEs

BA(Ed), recommendation of award, 3.34-3.35, 5.28.
committees, 5.27-5.31, 6.18, 6.20.
cost, 6.25.
DipHE, administration of, 5.20, 5.30.
distribution, criteria for, 5.23-5.24.
finance, 5.19, 5.29, 6.17.
licensed teacher status, recommendation of, 3.35, 5.28.
licensed teachers, approval of study programme, 3.22.
membership, 5.25, 5.27, 6.17, Appendix 7.
NCTET, nomination of members, 5.26.
premises, 5.19.
professional centres, recognition of, 2.32-2.33, 3.23.
reciprocity in acceptance of qualifications, 5.9.
resources, influence on allocation of, 5.10, 5.32, 5.34, 6.19.
second cycle, approval of institutions for, 3.52.
second cycle, determination of entry qualifications, 3.26-3.28, 3.29, 5.20, 5.28, 6.24.
second cycle, planning, 3.38-3.40.
staff, 5.19, 5.29, 5.46, 6.17.
third cycle, designation of courses, 2.24, 5.28.
third cycle, planning, 2.37, 3.40.
timetable for establishment, 5.4d-5.42.
Wales, 5.24, 5.46.

FE teachers, position of, 3.32, 6.14.
Secretary of State, recognition by, 5.28, 6.18.
status, 3.33, 6.11.

Reorganisation of local government

ATO boundaries, effect on, 5.4, 6.17.
RCCDE boundaries, effect on, 5.23, 5.24.
timing, 5.40.

Research

college staff, involvement in, 2.16, 2.29, 5.13.
degrees, 2.17.
teachers, involvement in, 2.16.
teachers, need to be informed about, 2.7.
UDEs, in, 3.42-3.43.

Sandwich courses

FE teachers, 3.32, 6.15.
incorporating first year of professional training, Note of extension.
MA(Ed), 3.37.

university, relations with, 5.18.

existing arrangements, 3.7, 6.12.
first cycle, during, 3.19, 4.13-4.14.
second cycle, before entry, 3.19.
second cycle, in the first year, 3.19, 3.21, 6.10, 6.12.
organisation, 5.28.

DipHE, view of, 4.19.
direct grant and independent, 3.52.
licensed teachers, assessment of, 3.34.
licensed teachers, transfer of, 3.33.
multiracial, 2.10.
nursery and primary, 1.8, 2.9, 2.23, 3.47, 4.3.
organisation, changes in, 1.8,2.11.
probation, role in, 3.8-3.9.
professional centres, access to, 2.30.
professional centres in, 2.30, 5.7.
professional centres, sharing facilities with, 2.31.
school-based tutors, 3.48.
second cycle, implications for, 3.46-3.50, 5.43, 6.22.
second cycle, role in second year, 3.20-3.22.
third cycle, implications for, 2.21-2.25, 3.49, 5.43, 6.22.
universities, relations with, 3.42.

Science, 2.9, 2.19.

Second cycle (see also BA(Ed), Licensed teachers, Registered teachers)

assessment, 3.19, 3.34-3.35, 5.28.
colleges, implications for, 3.45, 5.36.
cost, 6.25.
educational studies, 3.16-3.17, 6.10.
entry requirements, 3.26-3.28, 4.3, 4.4, 5.9, 5.20, 5.28, 6.18.
extension of, 3.33.
first year, 3.13-3.19, 6.10.
FE teachers, special courses for, 3.32.
handicapped, special courses for teachers of, 3.31.
higher degrees, special courses for holders of, 3.29.
length, 3.12.
mature graduates, special courses for, 3.29.
planning, 3.38-3.40, 5.43.
polytechnic departments of education, implications for, 3.44.
principles, 3.11-3.13, 6.10-6.12.
professional centres, role of, 3.21-3.23, Note of extension.
professional tutor, role of, 3.22.
remedial education, special courses in, 3.31.
school experience, 3.17, 3.19, 6.12.
schools, implications for, 3.20, 3.46-3.50, 3.52.
second year, 3.20-3.23, 6.11-6.12.
specialisation among institutions, 3.31, 5.10, 5.36.
students, guidance to, 3.17.
students, selection of, 3.26-3.28, 4.3, 6.24, Note of extension.
timing of introduction of new courses, 5.42.
university departments of education, implications for, 3.41-3.43.

of teachers to fields outside teaching, 2.2, 2.19.

Selection

first posts, teachers for, 3.46.
second cycle, students for, 3.26-3.28, 4.3, 6.24, Note of extension.

Social Science Research Council, 3.42.

Social workers, 4.13-4.14.

Sociology of education see Educational studies

Supplementary courses, 2.17.

Supply of teachers

A Level entry requirement, effect of, 4.23.
control of, 3.25, 5.32, 6.24.
DipHE, implications of, 4.7.
improvement in, implications of, 6.21-6.22.
LEAs, action to be taken by, 5.43.
NCTET and RCCDEs, interpretation by, 3.38, 5.29, 5.32, 6.19.
second cycle, implications of, 3.47, 3.49
shortages, 1.6, 1.8, 2.9.
third cycle, implications of, 2.22-2.23, 3.49.

ATOs, representation on, 5.5.
colleges and departments of education, work in, 2.19, 3.51.
direct grant and independent schools, 3.52.
NCTET, representation on, 6.18.
professional centres, part-time work in, 2.29, 2.33.
professional centres, representation on management committees, 2.33.
RCCDEs, representation on, 5.8, 5.14, 5.25, 5.28, 5.30, 6.19, Appendix 7.
research, involvement in, 2.16.
second cycle, involvement in selection of students, 3.26, 3.47.
second cycle, role in, 3.20, 3.22, 3.47, 6.11, 6.22.
secondment to fields outside teaching, 2.2, 2.19.
selection of new teachers, involvement in, 3.46, 3.49.
teaching practice, place in, 3.7.
third cycle, entitlement to release for, 2.22, 2.24, 6.16, 6.22.
third cycle, need for, 2.1, 2.6-2.17.

Teaching council, 3.33 footnote, 6.11 footnote.

Teaching practice see School experience

Third cycle (see also BEd, FE teachers, MA(Ed))

activities, range of, 2.2.
administration, 2.37, 5.6, 5.29, 6.16.
advanced qualifications, 2.17-2.18.
cost, 2.38, 6.25.
courses, designation of, 2.24, 5.28, 6.18.
courses, length, 2.24, 6.16.
degrees, 2.17-2.18.
evidence about, 2.3.
existing arrangements, weaknesses of, 2.5.
FE colleges, contribution to, 2.36.
FE colleges, implications for, 2.26-2.28.
importance of, 1.9, 2.1, 2.38, 3.1, 3.4, 6.5, 6.16.
needs of, 2.6-2.18.
planning, 3,40, 5.6, 5.23, 5,43.
polytechnics, contribution to, 2.36.
professional centres, role of, 2.29-2.30, 2.32, 2.34.
professional tutors, role of, 2.25-2.26.
professional tutors, training for, 2.25, 3.50, 5.43.
providing bodies, 2.4.
research, 2.16.
residential requirements, 2.34.
resource centres, 2.35.
schools, implications for, 2.21-2.25, 6.22.
short-term activities, expansion of, 2.24, 6.16.
teachers, entitlement, 2.22, 5.28, 6.16.
universities, contribution to, 2.36.

of DipHE holders to polytechnics and universities, 4.21, 6.7.
of licensed teachers, 3.33.
of students for second cycle, 3.24-3.25, 5.9, 5.10, 6.10.
of students on licensing, 3.23, 3.35.

ATOs, role in, 5.1, 5.3, 5.4, 6.17.
colleges, amalgamation with, 5.37.
colleges, relations with, 3.36, 5.1, 5.3, 5.12, 5.14-5.20.
DipHE, admission of holders, 4.21, 6.7.
DipHE and degrees based on it, award of, 5.20, 5.31, 5.45, 6.20, Note of extension.
expansion, 1.7, 5.4.
institutes and schools of education, relations with, 5.18.
polytechnics, relations with, 5.3.
professional centres, work of staff in, 2.33.
RCCDEs, membership of, 5.12, 5.14, 5.24-5.25, 5.30, 6.17, 6.19, Appendix 7.
schools, relations with, 3.42. .
students, motivation of, 4.19.

growth, 1.6, 3.43, Appendix 5.
joint degrees, 3.42.
RCCDEs, membership of, 5.12, 5.14, 5.25, 5.28, Appendix 7.
research, 2.16, 3.42-3.43.
second cycle, recruitment to, 3.24-3.25.
second cycle, role in, 3.41-3.43.
specialisation, 3.38, 3.43, 5.29.
staffing ratios, 3.43.
teachers, employment of, 2.19, 3.51.
third cycle, role in, 2.29, 3.42, 3.43.

Voluntary colleges (see also Colleges of education)

finance, 5.34, 5.36.
growth, 1.1, 1.6.
place in new system, 5.36.

Wales (see also Bilingualism)

college council, 5.24, 5.46. University of, 5.20, 5.44-5.47.

Welsh Joint Education Committee, 5.46.

Willey, Rt. Hon. FT, 1.3.

Youth work, 4.14.