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Unit 27: Recent Trends in Research on Teacher Education

(iii) The lecture method is modern method. Notes
(iv) The lecture method is modeern method.
(v) The purpose of research was to make instruction at teacher education level a systematic
activity.

27.5 Importance of Networking and Collaboration in Teacher Education

It was observed that institutions of Teacher Education are isolated from each other and from
schools. There is limited communication between institution at one level and another. In order to
ensure efficiency and smooth functioning appropriate networking of Teacher Education institutions
as well as state and national level agencies is therefore needed. Following are some of the
advantages of networking.
27.5.1 Advantages of Networking
(i) R esource Utilization: Resource material and facilities at district, regional and state levels
can be mobilized for optimum utilization. This will avoid duplication and wastage. Several
agencies provide men and material need by schools.
(ii) Development of Teachers: Networking will facilitate development of required teacher
capabilities for qualitative improvement of the teaching learning process. This developed
and available expertise can be then utilized to meet needs of teachers working in remote
areas.
(iii) Improvement of Quality: Networking will lead to rationalization of programmes of
preservice and in-service courses and thereby help develop a system of quality teacher
education which in turn will affect school education.
(iv) Feedback for Improvement: Efficient and effective monitoring and evaluation of teacher
education programmes can be done through networking.
(v) Structure of Networking: Horizontal linkages among institutions of Teacher Education is
essential to enable the institutions to assist one another by sharing educational resources
Institutions need linkage to rationalize the pre-service training programmes and the in
service programmes of a continuous nature to develop a national system of Teacher Education.
DIETS at the district level will have academic linkages with District Boards of Education,
have direct linkage with secondary schools and have on its complex elementary schools.
Vertical linkages are needed to remove isolation with state level agencies such as State
Departments of Education, SCERTs, State Institutes of Education, State Institutes of Science
Education, State Educational Technology Units.
Linkages are to be established between regional agencies such as Regional Institute of
English, Regional Technical Teacher Training Institute, Regional Collages of Education and
other support institutes.

Institutions of Teacher Education were found to be isolated from state and national level
agencies.
27.6 Implications of Research in Teacher Education

Teaching, like other professions, has a developing knowledge base that serves to guide
practitioners. Knowledge generated by research is an important component of this knowledge.
Teacher education and staff development programme might be considered to be a central avenue
of knowledge dissemination on one hand, and of practicing it’s use in varied contexts on the
other hand. The curriculum of teacher education and the text books they use, determine what
aspects of research knowledge will be brought to the attention of becoming teachers. The practicum

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