Objectives of teacher education

Dr. Khalid Rashid

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 Teacher education intro
• Teacher education is a program which relates
to the proficiency and competence of teachers
which enable them to meet the requirements
of the profession.
• Goods dictionary of education says that it is
the collection of formal and non-formal
activities that enable the members of teaching
profession to discharge their professional
commitments
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 Introduction contd.
• From 1906-56 teacher education program was
known as teacher training.
• Later Kilpatric said that training is provided to
circus animals while education is for human
beings, now
• Teacher education=teaching skills+ pedagogy
theory+ Professional skills

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 Teaching skills
These include;
• Techniques, approaches, and strategies that
help develop lesson plans
• These include;
• Appropriate reinforcement
• Effective classroom management
• Use of instructional materials
• Effective use of communication techniques
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 Pedagogical theory
• It embraces philosophical, sociological and
psychological considerations towards teaching
skills
• These level and need specific (students &
societies)
• These help promote the characteristics of the
academic and students developmental stages

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 Professional skills
• These include techniques, strategies and
approaches that help the teachers grow
• It includes soft skills, counseling skills,
interpersonal skills, computer skills,
information retrieving skills, management
skills and life long learning skills
• Amalgamation creates right knowledge, skills
and holistic development

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 Nature of teacher education
• It is a continuous process
• Its pre-service and in-service components
complement each other
• It has three phases according to International
Encyclopedia of Teacher Education like pre-
service, induction and in-service teacher
education
• Teachers are made and they have to learn the
tricks of the trade.
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• Teacher education is broad;
• It includes adult education, non-formal education,
literacy and development activities of the society
• It is ever evolving and developing and keep abreast with
the latest developments
• It is a theoretical blending of cognate(similar) disciplines
• It is diverse at stages according to the needs of stage
• In-puts processes and out puts are interdependent in
teacher education programs

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 Need of teacher education
• Quality of nation is linked with quality of citizens,
quality of citizens depends upon quality of education,
quality of education depends upon the quality of
teachers.
• Every community needs quality teachers in the
classroom for which teacher education is to be;
– Of adequate length for the preparation of teachers
– Level of quality of content
– Based on variety of skills
– Higher level of commitment to teaching profession

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 – Sensitive to contemporary issues
• Exquisite level of motivation
• Capacitate teachers to educate all children
• Equip the students with beliefs, morals,
attitudes, values, commitments and personality
traits.
• Teachers may be equipped to use an array of
approaches to address temperaments, interests
and approaches to learning
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• Teachers should be given role orientation to
teachers to reshape the attitudes of the
students
• Teacher should know psychology, philosophy,
sociology, and modern media materials for
best preparation

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 Scope of teacher education
• Understanding of teacher education at
different levels
• Understanding of triangular (relationship of
teacher, taught & curriculum)basis of teacher
education
• Understanding of varied aspects of teacher
education

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 Objectives of teacher education
•Vision of teacher education
–Enabling learners to grow to the full potential
–Renewal of school curriculum to match it with the
–Societal, personal and community needs
–Care for children
–Understanding children with social, political and cultural contexts
–Learning as personal experience
–Creating students styles of learning
–Enabling reflection on learning
–Own responsibility towards society to build better future
–Appreciate potential towards hand on learning in and outside class
–Analyze the policy and its implications
–Developing basic proficiency in language

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 Objectives of teacher education
• Engage with the children and relate with them
• Provide opportunities to self learning, assimilation,
articulation of ideas, and self reflecting.
• Developing the ability for self analysis; self
evaluation, adaptability, flexibility, creativity and
innovation.
• Developing understanding about social mileu;
critical thinking, matching the realities with subject
matter.

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 Objectives of teacher education
• Developing professional skills in pedagogy,
observation, documentation, analysis, drama,
craft, story telling, and reflective inquiry.

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