Reference: Revathy (2016) Teacher Education in India. Research Nebula. V(16), 40-41.
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Summary
The key focus of the paper is on highlighting existing status of teacher education in the country with emphasis on provisions and the need for teacher welfare. It presents a list of bodies involved in teacher education. The paper mentions that in the early twentieth century, the focus of teacher education was on training, indicating that it was skill based. Since then, there have been many changes in teacher education programmes.
Challenges to Teacher Education
The paper lists several challenges to teacher education:
- poor access to technology at primary level
- “negative attitude of teachers working in government schools” (p. 41)
- privatisation of teacher education
- emphasis on theoretical knowledge over practical knowledge in teacher education
- insufficient funds allocated to educational research
- lack of training in technology
- traditional evaluation pattern
Key Takeaways
The paper suggests that there are many challenges to teacher education programmes that have led to poor quality teacher education, and therefore poor quality teachers, reducing the overall quality of education in the country. Two key factors are privatisation of teacher education and inadequate training in technology.
The methodology used by the paper is summarising knowledge of teacher education. Very few sources are listed and no new arguments have been floated based on either empirical or theoretical evidence.
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