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Kulwinder Pal, Lovely Professional University Unit 23 : Teacher Education: Concept and Importance

Unit 23 : Teacher Education: Concept and Importance Notes

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
23.1 Meaning of Training and Education
23.2 Difference between Training and Education
23.3 Need for Teacher-training
23.4 Objectives of Teacher-Education
23.5 Objectives of Teacher-Education at Pre-Primary Stage
23.6 Objectives of Teacher Education at Primary Stage
23.7 Objectives of Teacher Education at Secondary Stage
23.8 Objectives of Teacher Education at Higher Secondary Stage
23.9 Objectives at Collegiate Stage
23.10 Summary
23.11 Keywords
23.12 Review Questions
23.13 Further Readings

Objectives

The objectives of this unit can be summarized as below:
• to explain the meaning and difference between Training and Education.
• to explain the need for Teacher-Training.
• to describe objectives of Teacher-Education.
• to discuss about the objectives of teacher-education at pre-primary , primary, secondary
stage, and higher Secondary stage.
• to discuss about the objectives at collegiate stage.

Introduction

The progress of a country depends upon the quality of its teachers and for this reason teaching
is the noblest among all professions. The irony of fate, however, is that teaching is the most
unattractive profession and teacher no longer occupies an honourable position in the society.
Teaching can regain its earlier noble status in case the quality of teacher-education in our
country is improved. It is probably for this reason that the education commission recommends
the introduction of “a sound programme of professional education of teachers”.

23.1 Meaning of Training and Education

Both terms have different meanings. The term ‘training’ has very limited boundary while the
‘education’ is a very broad term under which many things come.
Training: This term is specially defined and explained in the glossary of training terms published
in 1971 in London by the department of employment. In this glossary training has been defined
as “Systematic development of attitude, knowledge, skill, behaviour patterns required by an
individual in order to perform adequately a given job or task.”

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