The perpetuation of a (semi-)profession: challenges in the governance of teacher education

In this paper, we analyse the Adey Report on National Standards and Guideli nes for Initial Teacher Education for its potential contribution to teacher education reform in Australia and beyond. We examine (1) narratives constr ucted within the report in order to identify the logic of its argument and the context in which it places itself and (2) how the report constructs gra duates. In so doing, we explore the document's aim of "preparing a professi on" and identify internal aspects of the document as well as external facto rs that pose challenges to the goal of professionalisation. (C) 2001 Elsevi er Science Ltd. All rights reserved.