§ Miss Lestorasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, what research is being conducted by his Department into the educational and cultural backgrounds of immigrant children for use in the training of teachers.
§ Miss BaconThe School Council's projects at the Universities of Leeds and Birmingham, primarily designed to develop materials for the teaching of English to immigrant children, are concerned also with the children's own educational and cultural backgrounds.
We would be very willing to consider on its merits any project for educational research in this field.
§ Miss Lestorasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, what further consideration has been given to the recommendation for a full inquiry into the system of training teachers made in the Plowden Report.
§ Mr. Edward ShortI have considered the opinions expressed by the authorities and organisations particularly concerned.112W A study of teacher education has much to commend it, but the colleges of education have undergone enormous expansion and reorganisation in recent years and much experiment is going on. I think it would be better to let this proceed for the time being.