An exploratory study on what aspects affect secondary teacher education curriculum

India has one of the largest systems of teacher education in the world. Besides the university departments of education and their affiliated colleges, government and government aided institutions; private and self-financing colleges and open universities are also engaged in teacher education. Though most teacher education programmes are nearly identical yet their standards vary across institutions and universities. However, teacher education curriculum across the country has been blamed for ineptitude and needs urgent reforms. Teacher educators are a pivotal point of this programme and their opinion regarding the curriculum is very important. Keeping the above in mind, the present study aimed to find out the attitude of teacher educators towards existing teacher education curriculum and the needed renewal in teacher education curriculum. Data was collected from randomly selected 107 teacher educators working in colleges of education affiliated to GGSIPU and M.D.U. A five point attitude scale was developed by the researchers for the purpose of ascertaining their attitude. The findings revealed that teacher educators are largely in disagreement with the current curriculum and hold that a new vision needs to be made for the education of teachers as per the present needs of globalisation, RTE norms, and adoption of inclusive education.

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Teacher Education Curriculum for Inclusive Education: A Qualitative Case Study of a Teacher Preparation Program in the U.S.

The Journal of Curriculum Studies ◽

10.15708/kscs.37.3.2 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 37 (3) ◽

pp. 29-55

Author(s):

Su-Jung Um

Keyword(s):

Teacher Education ◽

Teacher Preparation ◽

Inclusive Education ◽

Qualitative Case Study ◽

Teacher Preparation Program ◽

Education Curriculum ◽

Preparation Program ◽

Teacher Education Curriculum ◽

The U.S

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Pre-Service Secondary Teacher Education Programme: Some Concerns of Sustainability

MIER Journal of Educational Studies Trends and Practices ◽

10.52634/mier/2018/v8/i1/1416 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 29-37

Author(s):

Indrajeet Dutta

Keyword(s):

Teacher Education ◽

Teacher Educators ◽

Education Programme ◽

Secondary Teacher ◽

Community Based ◽

Teacher Education Programme ◽

Teaching Pedagogy ◽

Secondary Teacher Education ◽

Do So

With the onset of a new academic session, teacher education programmes across the county will be in a new avatar. The revamping of a teacher education programme has been on the cards for several years but stiff resistance from different quarters of the educational community made it impossible to do so. The revised secondary teacher education programme is new in several counts. Firstly, curricular areas have been made more contextual, class, student and community based. Secondly, teaching pedagogy has been made more child centred, experiential and reflective. Thirdly, internship model has been introduced giving more thrust on acquisition of skills and competencies in actual classroom and real settings rather than artificial settings. But, the reform has brought several challenges in its realm which teacher education programmes and institutes have to face. The present paper deals with the new challenges like demand for teacher education programmes, the role of private teacher education institutes and their increasing focus on commercialization, demand for teacher educators and whether the new system is pro-rich or pro-poor student etc.

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