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Kulwinder Pal, Lovely Professional University Unit 27: Recent Trends in Research on Teacher Education

Unit 27: Recent Trends in Research on Teacher Notes

Education

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
27.1 Aims of Research in Teacher Education
27.2 Scope of Research in Teacher Education
27.3 Areas of Research in Teacher Education
27.4 Trends in Research in Teacher Education
27.5 Importance of Networking and Collaboration in Teacher Education
27.6 Implications of Research in Teacher Education
27.7 Summary
27.8 Keywords
27.9 Review Questions
27.10 Further Readings

Objectives

After reading this unit, students will be able to:
• to explain about the aims of research in teacher education.
• to describe the scope of research in teacher education.
• to explain about the area of research in teacher education.
• to know about the trends in research in teacher education.
• to discuss about the implications of research in teacher education.

Introduction

Educational research is that which develops new knowledge, which is then applied to the
improvement of educational practice. Same is true for Teacher Education. The contributions of
research to educational knowledge are easy to demonstrate through reviews of related literature.
However, it is difficult to determine whether the accumulation of research findings has made an
impact on the practice of education. Even when research knowledge attracts the attention of
policy makers in education, they generally consider it just one source of information to use it in
shaping a particular policy, or use it to justify a unpopular decision, or cut funds, or may dismiss
the research findings which are contradictory to their beliefs. In spite of this research in education
in general and teacher education in particular continues to grow and make its contributions to
the body of knowledge.

27.1 Aims of Research in Teacher Education

There are two broad aims of research in Teacher Education.
(i) To understand the educational phenomenon and
(ii) To transform it.
Understanding the Educational Phenomenon means it should fit into a theoretical framework.
This helps to conceptualize, explain, and control of a given phenomena. For example, to explain

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