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Unit 23 : Teacher Education: Concept and Importance

Self Assessment Notes
1. Fill in the blanks:
(i) According to Bruner, ................ consists of facts, concepts terms, principles, theories,
generalization, etc. Which are very useful for a teacher.
(ii) ...................... is necessary for efficient work in a particular job.
(iii) Organized and ................... programme of training make them to learn easily in a more
efficient way.
(iv) .......................... is a process of developing integrated personality.
23.5 Objectives of Teacher-Education at Pre-Primary Stage

It has been assumed that teacher who will be educated in the pre-primary teacher institution
will generally teach children between 3 to 8 years of age. This age group is considered
psychologically to be the most important formulated years of an individual’s life span.
Frued believed that foundations of personality of an individual are made in the first five years
of his age. This being so, teacher at pre-primary level need to be the best equipped in terms of
his ability to help in laying down strong foundation for a normal human personality and also
the competencies which may enable him to actualize an individual’s inherent potentials.
However, little care in the country till date has been made in designing a teacher education
curriculum which may develop knowledge, skills and attitudes among the prospective teachers
to help in the personality building process as well as in naturalization of young children’s
potentials.
National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) broucher has laid down the
following objectives of teacher education at pre-primary stage.
1. Acquires theoretical and practical knowledge of childhood education.
2. Understands the major principles of growth and development of the children.
3. Applies theoretical and practical knowledge to the education of the children in Indian
context-rural, urban and industrial.
4. Develops understandings, skills, attitudes and interests which will enable him to foster
alround growth and development of the children under his care.
5. Develops skills to help in the physical and emotional health of the children by providing
a conducive environment.

23.6 Objectives of Teacher Education at Primary Stage
The learner at the primary stage has a better developed cognitive, psychomotor and affective
abilities. He has a better capacity in comparison to the learner at the pre-primary stage to make
abstractions, to think, to reason out, to draw inference, to manipulate words, to communicate,
to develop proper relationship with peers, social group, home, neighbourhood and the society
to confirm to social norms, to control his emotions and express his feelings according to social
expectations. Consequent these developments and also because of origin of new problems, new
per spectives, new dimensions in his life the teacher’s talk at this stage is no less crucial and
significant than what it was during pre-primary stage. To be successful as a teacher the prospective
teacher should acquire the following behavioural changes :
1. Possesses knowledge of the first and second language, mathematics, topics related to
social and natural sciences, related to environmental studies.
2. Develops skills to identify, select and organize learning experiences pertaining to subjects
mentioned above and also the skills to conduct them.
3. Possess theoretical and practical knowledge in respect of the child’s health, physical and
creational activities, work experiences, play, games creative art and music and the skills to
conduct these activities.

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