scholarly journals The main challenges in teacher education for diversity

2014 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 473-485
Author(s):  
Jelena Vranjesevic
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Teacher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Professional Role ◽  
Education Curriculum ◽  
Process Of Change ◽  
Teacher Education Curriculum ◽  
Teacher Professional ◽  
Made In

This paper explores the main challenges in teacher education for diversity: the dominant regimes of truth in society that reinforce existing stereotypes/prejudices, the gap between pre-service and in-service teacher education and professional development, the fragmentation of teacher education system, the competences of teacher educators and lack of research and research-based practice when it comes to education for diversity. The paper discusses the impacts of these challenges on teacher professional role as well as the support needed to overcome some of them. The changes need to be made in two domains: the teacher education curriculum that should reflect the idea of teachers as autonomous professionals who initiate and create their own practice, and the education system that needs to support and encourage the autonomy and initiative of teachers and in which teachers could be visible as active participants/leaders in the process of change.

Curriculum of Teacher Education Programme: What Do Teacher Educators Say?

2021 ◽  
pp. 225-234
Author(s):  
Indrajeet Dutta ◽  
Sonal Chabra ◽  
Vanita Chopra
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Colleges Of Education ◽  
Education Curriculum ◽  
Teacher Education Curriculum ◽  
University Departments ◽  
New Vision

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.

scholarly journals Towards an Understanding of the Work of Teacher Education Professoriate in India

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-114
Author(s):  
Rajashree Srinivasan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Development ◽  
Teacher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Teacher Educator ◽  
School Education ◽  
Work Identity ◽  
Education In India ◽  
New Vision

Reforming the teacher education system has been a key government policy towards improving school education in India. While recent curriculum and governance reforms articulate a new vision of teacher education that underscores a symbiotic relationship between teacher education and school education, it fails to engage enough with the most important participant of the teacher education system—the teacher educator. Changes to curriculum and governance process in the absence of a pro-active engagement of teacher educators with the reforms can do little to influence the teacher education processes and outcomes. The work of pre-service teacher educators is complex because their responsibilities relate to both school and higher education. The distinctiveness of their work, identity and professional development has always been marginalized in educational discourse. This article analyses select educational documents to examine the construction of work and identity of higher education-based teacher educators. It proposes the development of a professional framework of practice through a collective process, which would help understand the work of teacher educators and offer various possibilities for their professional development.

Using a Blended Model to Improve Delivery of Teacher Education Curriculum in Global Settings

2008 ◽  
pp. 1216-1224
Author(s):  
Vivian H. Wright ◽  
Ronnie Stanford ◽  
Jon Beedle
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Master's Program ◽  
Education Curriculum ◽  
Teacher Education Curriculum ◽  
Course Content

This chapter describes how teacher educators have used a blended approach, online and traditional delivery, to structure course content for its international master’s program. The authors discuss challenges they had to overcome, lessons learned, and students’ reflections upon the blended approach.

scholarly journals Teacher Preparation by Universities: Internal Stakeholders Perception of Teacher Education Curriculum Content in Makerere and Kyambogo Universities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdu Kisige ◽  
Betty Akullu Ezati ◽  
Alice Merab Kagoda
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Education Curriculum ◽  
Curriculum Content ◽  
Teacher Education Curriculum ◽  
Internal Stakeholders

Developing a teacher education curricular content is an enduring concern for teacher educators. A continuous method to providing quality teacher education curriculum content discloses the potential for teacher educators to produce high-quality teachers. Drawing on data from twenty teacher educators and sixteen student teachers in public institutions in Uganda, this article explored the perceptions of the teacher education curriculum content held by academic staff and student teachers in public Universities in Uganda. Using Pedagogical Content Knowledge Model as a tentative model of teacher preparation and Constructivism theory as an interpretive framework, the study was guided by one objective namely: (1) to analyze the perception of internal stakeholders about teacher education curriculum content offered in Makerere and Kyambogo Universities. This research adopted a qualitative, multiple case study design that was anchored in the interpretivist paradigm and directed by the social constructivism thinking. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews were participants from twenty teacher educators and sixteen student teachers who were purposively and conveniently selected. It was therefore concluded that both lecturers and student teachers viewed teacher education curriculum content positively viewing it as enabling learners to be equipped with specialized teaching skills, essentially directed towards teaching profession. Thus, recommendations to improve the stakeholder perception of the teacher education curriculum content are made and these include: teacher education curriculum review and the need to design a 21st-century teacher education curriculum by teacher trainers in corroboration with other university units rendering a training service to teacher trainees. This would bridge the gap of the disjointed teacher education curriculum content at Makerere and Kyambogo Universities hence strengthening the building blocks that produce a teacher.

Using a Blended Model to Improve Delivery of Teacher Education Curriculum in Global Settings

2011 ◽  
pp. 51-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vivian H. Wright ◽  
Ronnie Stanford ◽  
Jon Beedle
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Master's Program ◽  
Education Curriculum ◽  
Teacher Education Curriculum ◽  
Course Content

This chapter describes how teacher educators have used a blended approach, online and traditional delivery, to structure course content for its international master’s program. The authors discuss challenges they had to overcome, lessons learned, and students’ reflections upon the blended approach.

Curriculum Theory: The Missing Perspective in Teacher Education for Inclusion

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marleen C. Pugach ◽  
Linda P. Blanton ◽  
Ann M. Mickelson ◽  
Mildred Boveda
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Teacher Education ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Curriculum Theory ◽  
Review Literature ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Role Clarity ◽  
Education Curriculum ◽  
Teacher Education Curriculum ◽  
Service Programs

Our intergenerational authorial team takes up a central—and unresolved—issue within teacher education for inclusion, namely, the role of curriculum in reconceptualizing pre-service programs. We specifically review literature and policy on how special education teacher educators have approached conceptions of curriculum, using this past as prologue to argue that the teacher education curriculum requires a community of educators constructing a balance between a shared equity agenda to support the preparation of all teachers for inclusion, and the simultaneous need to prepare experts who can effectively share and utilize expertise that addresses the specific learning needs of marginalized learners, including those with disabilities. Unless curriculum is addressed comprehensively, deep transformation will be difficult to achieve, and role clarity for prospective special education teachers is likely to remain unclear. Our aim is for readers to consider the complicating power of curriculum theory as essential framework for renegotiating the teacher education curriculum for inclusion.

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