The Parameters of Teacher's Education

This paper discusses the key parameters involved in teacher education & also presents a background perspective to quality in teacher education. The teacher education system in the country is extremely vast and diverse, covering over thousands of institutions at different levels of elementary, secondary and post-graduate programmes with a huge total intake. The momentous developments and rapid advances in the field of education and training of teachers and the revolutionary changes in the modes of imparting and receiving instructions pose multitudes of challenges for the teacher educators and institutions.

The teacher at any stage is expected to bring out the best in the child and youth and help them to realize their maximum potential physical, intellectual, spiritual. The teacher education system should ensure adequate supply of such professionally trained teachers to teach and guide those who study in schools and institutions of higher learning. The main concern is therefore to build teacher capability to translate curricular intents into appropriate learning experiences for children to enable them to acquire the desired knowledge, skills, attitudes and aptitudes. In order to achieve this, the teacher education system should be situated in and driven by the special quality features of the teacher education enterprise.

Teaching is a profession and teacher education is process of professional preparation of teachers. The knowledge base of teacher education is built by professionals through systematic observation, study, reflection, practical experience, experimentation and the content modes. The processes of teacher education are shaped by reflective practice.

Therefore, This paper also covers need, scope, challenges & vision for the teacher education at different level of education systems.