"If you educate a boy, you educate one individual,
If you educate a girl, you educate a teacher.
If you educate a teacher, you educate a community"
As FRANCIS BACON said," knowledge is power" implies that teaching is an
art that can be acquired through a series of well- designed series of
activities, it’s imperative, therefore due emphasis should be laid on
the education of the teachers.
Teacher
education may be defined as "all formal and informal activities and
experiences that help to qualify a person to assume the responsibility
as a member of the educational profession or to discharge his
responsibility most effectively Teacher's
training basically refers to the policies and procedures designed to
equip prospective teachers with the knowledge, attitude,
behavior and skills they require to perform their tasks effectively
in the classroom, school or a wider community. Although ideally it
should be conceived of, and organized as, a seamless continuum; teacher
education is often divided into these stages:
• Initial teacher training / education (a pre-service course before entering the classroom as a fully responsible teacher)
• Induction (the process of providing training and support during the
first few years of teaching or the first year in a particular school)
• Teacher development or continuing professional development (CPD) (an in-service process for practicing teachers).
There
is a longstanding and ongoing debate about the most appropriate term to
describe these activities. The term 'teacher training course' (which
may give the impression that the activity involves training staff to
undertake relatively routine tasks) seems to be losing ground, at least
in the US, to 'Teacher Education’ (with its connotation of preparing
staff for a professional role as a reflective practitioner).
In the 'consecutive' model, a teacher first obtains a qualification in
one or more subjects (often a first university degree), and then studies
for a further period to gain an additional qualification in teaching;
(in some systems this takes the form of a post-graduate degree,
increasingly, this is a Masters).
In the alternative 'concurrent' model, a student simultaneously studies
both one or more academic subjects, and the ways of teaching that
subject, leading to a qualification as a teacher of that subject.
Other pathways are also available. In some countries, it is possible for
a person to receive training as a teacher by working in a school under
the responsibility of an accredited experienced practitioner.
In some developed countries, approximately one-third of new teachers
come through alternative routes to teacher certification, affiliated
with schools of education, where candidates still enroll in
university-based coursework. A supplemental component of
university-based coursework is community-based teacher education, where
teacher candidates immerse themselves in communities that will allow
them to apply teaching theory to practice. This also challenges teacher
candidates' assumptions about the issues of gender, race, and
multicultural diversity.
Teacher training in India, the teachers are fed in from both the
government aided schools and from the private ones. Though the path the
teacher training should follow is formally spelt out in terms of the
syllabi and the courses required the quality of teachers depends on the
school, area and the system followed.
In India, teacher salary is not related to the perceived quality of his
or her work. Some organizations, however, have the systems to identify
the 'best-performing' teachers, and increase their remuneration
accordingly. Elsewhere, assessments of teacher performance may be
undertaken with a view to identifying teachers' needs for additional
training or development, or, in extreme cases, to identify those
teachers that should be required to leave the profession. In some
countries, teachers are required to re-apply periodically for their
license to teach, and in doing so, to prove that they still have the
requisite skills.
A sound training and monitoring system would produce a literate and
understanding teacher which in turn shapes the lives of the students and
the progress of the Nation.
For detailed information- Contact- IIPS(9716058268,9212441844)
http://www.nurseryteachertraining.co.in/
