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Dinesh Kumar, Lovely Professional University Unit 25: Teacher Education and Teacher Freezingness

Unit 25: Teacher Education and Teacher Freezingness Notes

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
25.1 Meaning of Teacher Freezingness
25.2 Causes of Teaching Freezingness
25.3 Use of Teacher Education in Removing Teacher Freezingness
25.4 Teaching Strategies to Improve Student learning
25.5 Summary
25.6 Keywords
25.7 Review Questions
25.8 Further Readings

Objectives

After reading this unit, students will be able to:
• to discuss about the meaning of teacher freezingness
• to describe the causes of teaching freezingness
• to explain about the use of teacher education in removing teacher freezingness
• to discuss about the teaching strategies to improve student learning

Introduction

The success of a student depends most of all on the quality of the teacher. The quality of teachers
has become a major concern of policy-makers, college and university, especially at the colleges
of teacher education, and the public in general. Quality teacher is the right of every child. In an
era of increasing standards and accountability in education, teacher quality and teacher training
will be more important than ever. The demand of teachers has been increased during past years,
but that demand has been encountered with teachers having paper qualification. Quality teachers
will be a major concern in coming years. In facing up to the numerous challenges to teacher
education in the era of digital technology and globalization.

25.1 Meaning of Teacher Freezingness

Teacher fleetingness is the teacher's inability in psychological, social, physical and moral
potentialities of teachers. Teachers hardly involve in planning and constructing the evaluative
measures. The show passiveness towards the cause of research in teaching and learning. Some of
the teacher possess unwilling attitude to accept hangs. they don't take the risk of trying new
ideas and also avoid accepting the intellectual changes.

25.2 Causes of Teaching Freezingness

Deficiencies of Small Time Period Provided for the Training of Teachers: In India, the period of
training of teachers for secondary schools has all along been of one year after for secondary
schools has all along been of one year after graduation-the effective session being of eight to
nine months. The main purpose of teacher education programme is to develop healthy attitude,
broad based interest and values consistent with the dignity of training profession and thereafter,

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