This presentation talks about the teacher educator program in India how its actually structured and its important component.the two years of M.Ed programs and its components.

2. Teacher education encompasses
teaching skills pedagogical
theory and professional skills
W.H KILPATRICK

3. The existing institutional capacity for
preparing teacher educators is
abysmally low.
Current M.Ed. Programmes do not
enable specialisation at different
levels of school education.

4.  The difficulty is exacerbated (made worse)
by the absence of degree and post-degree
programmes in primary/elementary teacher
education.

5. It is important to look at the specialisation
profile required for teacher educators in view
of the fact that a variety of foundational and
school subject disciplines need to be
represented.
School teachers' preparation lacks of a deep
engagement with socio-cultural, political and
economic contexts of school education.

6. In the light of the above, the two year M.Ed.
programme should become adequate with
provision to branch out into specialisations
in curriculum studies; pedagogic studies;
policy, finance and foundational studies.

7.  Currently, there is also a paucity of talented
faculty with disciplinary specialisation in social
science education, science education, language
education and mathematics education.
 It is important, therefore, that a more broad-
based essential qualification framework be
formulated for teacher educators.

8. Lateral entry needs to be provided for those
who wish to undertake educational studies
other than through the teacher education degree
route.
They should be encouraged to pursue education
as a research endeavour without necessarily
requiring a degree in teacher education as an
entry qualification.

9.  “If you educate a boy , you
educate one individual. If you
educate a girl , you educate the
whole family and if you educate
a teacher , you can educate the
whole community.”

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