Teacher education as a whole needs urgent and comprehensive reform. There is need to bring greater convergence between professional preparation and continuing professional development of teachers at all stages of schooling in terms of level, duration and structure. Considering the complexity and significance of teaching as a professional practice, it is imperative that the entire enterprise of teacher education should be raised to university level and that the duration and rigour of programmes should be appropriately enhanced.
Both at the elementary and the secondary levels, the initial teacher preparation is fraught with a number of problems, some of them are common while others are specific to a stage of education.
Author(s): National Council for Teacher Education
Year Published: 2009
Language: English
Country: India
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