Teacher-quality: Implications and outcomes in initial teacher education

Through a qualitative analytical approach applied in policy research, with the inclusion of <i>Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and Framework Analysis (FA)</i> analytical tools, comprehensive <i>national initiatives</i><i> </i>directly connected to initial teacher education (ITE) available online (2010-2017) and <i>the strong beginnings: report of the teacher education expert panel</i><i> </i>(2023) are analysed, with data compared and cross-checked for credibility and dependability. The qualitative research includes:Table 1: Qualitative analytical approach applied in policy research.Table 2: <i>CDA</i> nine-steps of analysis and <i>FA</i> five-steps of analysis.Table 3: National initiatives: 2010-2017.Table 4: National initiatives initial coding categories.Table 5: National initiatives indexing and examination of the sources structure.Table 6: National initiatives indexing, collection and examination of discursive statements