Teacher Education: An Analysis of Concerns and Issues in the Present Context (original) (raw)

TEACHER EDUCATION UP TO SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL IN INDIA: PROBLEMS AND SUGGESTIONS. Pritam Das

IJARW, 2021

Teacher education is a continuous process and its pre-service and in-service components are complimentary to each other. Education is instrumental in the preparation of teachers who can in their practice ensure transformative learning, where teacher and learner, learner and learner are co-constructors of knowledge. The aim of the present paper is to improve the teacher education quality in India by focusing on the problems & related concerns. The present structure of teacher education is supported by a network of national, provincial and district level resource institutions working together to enhance the quality and effectiveness of teacher preparation programs at the pre-service level and also through in-service programs for serving teachers throughout the country. Importantly, the teacher education and training institutions must take up the charge of educating policy makers and the general public about what it actually takes to teach effectively both in terms of knowledge and skills that are needed and in terms of the school contexts that must be created to allow teachers to develop and use what they know on behalf of their students. Now teacher has to perform various roles like encouraging, supporting and facilitating in teaching-learning situations which enables learners to discover their talents, to realize their physical and intellectual potentialities to the fullest, to develop character and desirable social and human values to function as responsible citizens. Teacher and his education are very significant aspects of any nation. The education gives a new shape to the individual and the nation as well. It is a well known saying that teacher is the nation builder. The quality of teacher education programme needs to be up graded. Teacher education has not come up to the requisite standards. Teachers are not able to think critically and solve the issue related to teaching methods, content, organisation etc. teacher education programme needs a comprehensive reform and restructuring curriculum of teacher-education programme needs to be revised according to changing needs of society. In the research paper I will discuses the problems of teacher education and provide the some Suggestions of teacher education.

Teacher Education in India: Problems and Concerns

Education plays a significant role in nation's development and the development of the standard of education is closely connected with the question of teacher education. A teacher should prepare himself for this special task before accepting the responsibility of teaching. The teachers' training institution helps a lot to do this task. In the education policy the quality and importance of the teachers' training is admitted for a long time. A lot of planning and resources has been spent for improving the quality of teacher education. New technologies have been introduced in the field of education. But still our teacher-education could not raise upto the expected level. This paper presents about the teacher education in India by focusing on problems and related concerns.

Modalities of Teacher Education in India

International Journal of Peace, Education and Development, 2016

An educational institution performs a significant function of providing learning experiences to lead their students from the darkness of ignorance to the light of knowledge. The key personnel in the institutions who play an important role to bring about this transformation are teachers. As stated by NCTE (1998) in Quality Assessment of Teacher Education in India-The teacher is the most important element in any educational program. It is the teacher who is mainly responsible for implementation of the educational process at any stage. This shows that it is imperative to invest in the preparation of teachers, so that the future of a nation is secure. The importance of competent teachers to the nation's school system can in no way be overemphasized. The National Curriculum Framework 2005 places demands and expectations on the teacher, which need to be addressed by both initial and continuing teacher education.

Teacher education in India: A historical perspective

It is well known that the quality and extent of learner achievement are determined primarily by teacher competence, sensitivity and teacher motivation. The National Council for Teacher Education has defined teacher education as a programme of education, research and training of persons to teach from pre primary to higher education level. The community establishes schools for preservation, progress and enrichment of its traditions and conventions. Teacher education programme is a must in order to have efficient and really capable teachers. Teacher education programme starts moulding from the ancient education system and till the present system of education taking shape according to the global and local needs of the Indian society. The National Policy on Education 1986 emphasize: "The status of the teacher reflects the socio-cultural ethos of the society; it is said that no people can rise above the level of its teachers". The Education Commission (1964-66) professed; "The destiny of India is now being shaped in her classrooms" thus this paper focuses on the historical aspects of teacher education since its inception.

Present Scenario and Future Prospects of Teacher Education in India

It's truly said by the great western philosopher and German educationist Pestalozzi, " Education is the natural, harmonious progressive development of man's innate powers. " It has strong association with culture and traditions of society. It is one of the significant factors instrumental to the development of a country. Teacher is the role model, guide, well-wisher and builder of a great realm. Today our way of Teacher Education is completely governed by the people those who have not any vision for its quality except to make it money worthy. The unplanned expansion of Teacher Education opportunities, spiraling trends of the trained teacher unemployed commercialization of Teacher Education, the imbalance of quantity with quality, ignorance equity and excellence are some of the pertinent cases in point which pose continuous threats to Teacher Education of India. In this light, the new reforms in Teacher Education to come must address all the above concerns in it. To meet the futuristic prospects of Indian Teacher Education, Teacher Educators should not be spared in such meaningful reforms since they provide with the best trained manpower for a nation. It is therefore, Teacher Educators too should be empowered as a part of reforms for Indian Teacher Education. It should be transformed to the need of time and changing scenario of the blue globe. In this Research Paper, it is tried to discuss by the researcher to highlights of the " Present Scenario and Future Prospects of Teacher Education in India. "

TEACHER EDUCATION: CURRENT TRENDS AND CHALLENGES IN TEACHING AND RESEARCH MANJU S. TONK, HEMANT POONIA*, REKHA, NISHA RANI & KAUTILYA CHAUDHARY

Transstellar Journals, 2019

A teacher education is a program which includes some specific pedagogical issues. Teacher education program generates the solution regarding how good teaching is performed and how teaching work and practicals are managed. Teacher's education programs are very closely related to theory and its practicals. A teacher can become a good teacher by working continuously with learned and experienced teachers in a traditional classroom or virtual classroom on internet and enhances the knowledge. Teachers' proficiency and competence can be enhanced by facing current challenges in the educational system. Now days, the education of teachers should not be limited with only contents of books. It should be broadened in different new areas, innovations, techniques etc. The main aim of this article is to indicate main changes in teacher's educational system in India and also give an overall view of current trends, innovations, new techniques and reforms in educational system. In educational system, it is need to discuss the current needs of teacher's education and teacher education program including new innovative ideas and various practices. The teacher education program should be shaped and altered in such a way that a teacher could be enabled to face the new challenges, current trends and problems in the field of education and can help in national development.

ISSUES AND PROBLEMS OF TEACHER EDUCATION

ijstm, 2016

I. INTRODUCTION Education in modern age seeks to preserve, transmit and advance knowledge, and is committed to bring change for the betterment of society. The importance of Education lies in the fact that it is considered a Powerful instrument of social change and progress as has been underlined by various educational experts, committees and commissions in India and abroad. The Education Commission (1964-66) comments "The destiny of India is now being shaped in her classroom". For realization of such purposes of Education, a nation has to provide the right type of education for its teachers who are ultimately responsible for shaping its destiny.The role of the teacher has rightly been emphasized in the programme of Action of the National Policy on Education, 1986 that the teacher is the principal means of for implementing all educational programmes and of the eaducational programmes and of the organisation of education..It is expected from the teachers to undertake promote research expermentation and innovation.They stand in the interface of the transmission of knowledge, skills and values. They are accepted as the backbone of education system. Teacher quality is therefore crucial and has been globally accepted to be significantly associated with the quality of Education in general and student"s learning outcomes in particular.

Teacher Education in India, Issues and Challenges

International Journal of Research in Informative Science Application & Techniques (IJRISAT), 2019

Teacher education is a continuous process and its pre-service and inservice components are complimentary to each other. Education is instrumental in the preparation of teachers who can in their practice ensure transformative learning,where teacher and learner, learner and learner are co constructors of knowledge. The intent of the present paper is to enhance the teacher education quality in India by focusing on the emerging issues & related concerns. Various issues of teacher education namely, institutional inertia, brand inequity, quality crisis, overgrowing establishment, rare humane and professional teachers, poor integration of skills, alienated and incompatible modes of teacher education, little contribution to higher education, domain pedagogy mismatches, identity crisis, rare innovations, stake holders' non-alignment, inadequate technology infusion, little choice base, poor research scenario, vision and vision mismatches, non-scientific manpower planning, illusive laborat...

TEACHER EDUCATION AT CROSSROADS

Scholarly Research Journal for Humanity Science & English Language,, 2020

In the whole world, Indian school network is having one of the leading networks. School education is the first step towards the whole education system, which has transformed Independence. India under British rule was having a colonial education system. Later 1947 Indian govt. emphasized to open more schools to provide accessibility of education to every student at his doorsteps. Later, the main aim of education was shifted to improve the quality and excellence of school education. The quality of school education does not depend only on content but also depends upon how to deliver the content to our students. It is equally important for implementing good education system in our schools. This is possible on the bases of teachers' abilities and their aptitude, infrastructural and teaching aid provided in the school. To fulfill these objectives at all level of education, Govt. of India has to be focusing its attention on quality and excellence in teacher education. To meet this objective, NCTE set up an independent body. The role of NCTE is to looks after the Teacher education in the country and also to create excellent environment for the teachers in the country. NCTE has taken various initiatives such as Standards-based syllabus, balanced in theory classes and training, enhancement in duration of B.Ed. and M.Ed. programmes etc. NCTE was formed to monitor the whole teacher education system in the country, so that effective and quality teachers could be produced. This paper focuses on the role of NCTE in the present scenario of Teacher Education System and the analysis of the recent steps taken by NCTE for the preparation of the teachers.