Professional Teacher Preparation
Professional Teacher Preparation
Professional Teacher Preparation
WORKSHOP
Theme: Evaluation Strategies in nursing
education
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INTRODUCTION
PROFESSION:
It is a vocation requiring advanced training and usually
involving mental rather than manual work, as teaching,
engineering, especially medicine, law or theology.
-Webster, 1989
TEACHING:
“Teaching is an interaction process. Interaction means
participation of both teacher and student and both are
benefited by this. The interaction takes place for
achieving desired objectives” – Flanders, 1970
DEFINITION
TEACHER:
“the teacher is the most important element in any educational program. It
is the teacher who is mainly responsible for implementation of the
educational process at any stage”-NCTE
TEACHER EDUCATION:
“all the formal and non-formal activities and experiences that help to
qualify a person to assume responsibilities of a member of the educational
profession or to discharge his responsibilities more effectively”.
-Goods Dictionary of education
TEACHER PREPARATION:
Refers to the policies and procedures designed to equip prospective
teachers with the knowledge, attitudes, behaviors and skills they require
to perform their tasks effectively in the classroom, school and the wider
community.
CHARACTERISTICS OF A TEACHING
PROFESSION:
support
Research
CRITICAL FEATURES:
Context:
The existence of frames of references, such as professional standards and a
knowledge base, is important in giving directions to the professional
development of teacher educator.
Support:
It is better to learn with and from support of colleagues, peer coaching,
support from mentors of beginning teachers.
Research:
Carrying out research into one’s own practical appears to enhance the
development of the professional role and the preparation of professional
teacher.
ROLE OF REGULATORY BODIES IN TEACHER
EDUCATION PROGEAMME (IN NURSING)
NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL
Central govt. International Council for
Nurses (ICN)
• TEACHING SKILLS
• PEDAGOGICAL
THEORY
• PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Teaching skills: include providing training and practice in the different
techniques, approaches and strategies that would help the teachers to plan and
impart instruction, provide appropriate reinforcement and conduct effective
assessment. It includes effective classroom management skills, preparation and use
of instructional materials and communication skills.
Induction
Professional Competence
Professional Development
Leadership Training
Career Development
DRAWBACKS OF TEACHER EDUCATION
Poor standards with respect to resources for colleges of
education.
Unhealthy financial condition of the colleges of education.
Incompetent teacher educators resulting in deficiency of
scholars.
Negative attitude of managements towards development of
both human as well as material resources.
Improper selection of the candidates (student teachers) to
be admitted.
Traditional curriculum and teaching methods of teaching in
the teacher education program.
Inadequate duration of the teacher programme.
Haphazard and improper organization of teacher
education.
Unplanned and insufficient co-curricular activities.
Suggestions for Improving
Quality of Teacher Education
Teacher education, like higher education and technical education
must be the responsibility of the central government.
Uniformity among teacher education institutions must be ensured
and maintained in terms of curriculum, duration and timings of
the program.
Curriculum development on a continuing basis to keep pace with
current trends.
Government should look after the financial requirements of the
institutions.
Teacher educators must be well qualified and experienced with
language proficiency.
Institutes of low standards should be reformed or closed.
Regular and rigorous inspection by NCTE should be done on
a regular basis.
Selection procedure must be improved and inter views,
group discussions along with the common entrance test and
marks should be introduced.
More emphasis should be given to practice teaching till
mastery is reached with appropriate feedback.
The internship should be of sufficient time (six months) and
student teachers must be exposed to the full functioning of
the school.
Evaluation in teacher education should be objective, reliable
and valid.
Research in teacher education should be encouraged.
SUMMARY & CONCLUSION
A professional teaching qualification does not make you a
professional, in the true sense of the word. Belonging to a
particular profession does not automatically guarantee that
the service you provide is a professional one. Hence,
teaching as a professional is a hard thing to do because it
encompasses many roles to be done well. As a teacher, and
a professional, you are likely to be judged by your words and
actions. At all times, in your interactions with children,
parents and members of public, practice self-restraint, self-
control, and assertiveness in declaring that all you do, after
all, is in the best interest of the children in your care.
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