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Teacher Education at
Elementary, Secondary
& College level
Shuvankar Madhu
Asst. Professor in Education
The University of Burdwan
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Meaning of Teacher Education
• Teacher education refers to the policies and procedures design to
equip perspective teachers with the knowledge attitudes
behavious and skills they require to perform their tasks of
effectively in the classroom, schools and wider community.
• According to W.H. Kilpatrick-
• Teacher education in encompasses teaching skills, sound
pedagogical theory and professional skills.
• According to NCTE-
• A programme of education research and training of persons to
teach from pre-primary to higher education level.
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Meaning of Teacher Education
Teacher
Education
Teaching
Skills
Pedagogical
Skills
Professional
Skills
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Teacher Education at Different Level
Teacher
Education
Pre-
Elementary
Elementary
Secondary
College
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Teacher Education at Pre- Elementary
Level
• Major Objectives
• Provide knowledge about philosophy and Sociology
• Process and principles about the Development of Child.
• Growth & Development of Pre- Elementary Education.
• Awareness on Health & Nutrition of Child
• Nurturing the Creativity of the Child.
• Acquaint to the Process, Practice and Aids of Teaching-Learning
System.
• Professional Development.
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Teacher Education at Elementary
Level
• Major Objectives
• Integrated education
• Provide knowledge about the principles of growth and Developmental
• Make competence to conducting the Action Research for solving practical
problems.
• Growing the sense on various curricular & Co curricular activities.
• To aware the development of elementary education in the world
perspectives.
• Providing knowledge about the social & communal responsibilities of the
teachers.
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Teacher Education at Secondary
Level
• Major Objectives
• To get competence in ICT.
• Make a teacher who can help in all-round development of child.
• Equipping the prospective teachers with necessary pedagogic skills
• Developing proper attitudes towards teaching
• Enabling teachers to understand the significance of individual
differences of child and to take appropriate steps for their optimum
development
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Teacher Education at College Level
• Major Objectives
• To make them aware of the philosophy, purpose and teaching
learning strategies of the subjects they have to teach.
• To empower them to make in-depth pedagogical analysis of the
subjects they have to teach and understand their relevance to tertiary
education.
• To empower prospective teachers to comprehend the characteristics
of students for making suitable educational provisions for them.
• To develop among them the competencies to communicate abstract
and complex ideas and concepts in simple terms.
• To make them understand the objectives, transactional strategies,
evaluation techniques and curriculum designing in different areas of
study at this stage.
• To empower the prospective student teachers to understand the
regional specifies and educational demands and establish correlation
with the main stream of national life and to suggest suitable solutions
there off.
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References
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