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Teacher Education

Notes and behave like teacher. It is said that a teacher has no private life like other profession. He
should be an ideal person of a society as his students follow or imitate to a teacher. He is an
architect of young generation. Education is the creature and creator of the society. Education is an
powerful instrument for social change and social control. Thus, as teacher has the great
responsibility of a society as well as the nation.
Teaching as profession consists of teaching aptitude, teaching skills, social responsibility
programme these factors should be included and awareness can be provided about the teaching
profession.
32.2 Need and Importance of Professional Development

The importance of the quality of teachers cannot be overemphasized because the strength and
success of an educational system depends on them whether they teach in schools, colleges or
universities. Actually, the quality of a nation depends on the quality of its citizens and in turn the
qualities of the citizens depend on the quality of their education. The quality of their education
reflects, more than any other single factor, the quality of their teachers. A teacher's personal
qualities, educational qualification, his professional training, high managerial skills and the
place he occupies in the college and in the community contributes to the quality of his teaching.
The education of a teacher is not complete on receiving a degree or diploma from a college or
university. Pre-service education or joining a college or university department is only the first
stage in the continuous growth of a teacher in his profession. In the words of Rabindranath
Tagore, 'a teacher can never truly teach unless he is still learning himself. A lamp can never light
another lamp unless it continues to burn its own flame.'
The education of a teacher is never complete. The teacher is prepared for his profession before he
enters it, but he must also be prepared again and again to keep abreast with latest developments.
To satisfy this need is the purpose of in-service/continuing education. Every teacher, whether he
is a beginner or a vocation, needs to be aware of the rapid cultural and social change, advancements
in educational theories, methodologies and practices, increase in student enrolment and range in
the interests and abilities of students and the ramification of the role of education due to change
and advancements in science and technology. The frontiers of human knowledge in various fields
expand rapidly. There is a need for continued study and growth raise the competence of the
teacher on job in turn increase the standard of the whole educational system.
The term in-service teacher education or continuing education in a broad sense includes all
experiences and activities provided for teachers and designed to promote personal and professional
growth while in service. The process of continuing education on both professional and personal
growth of teachers. The continuing education also has the connotation of the life-long education;
of education conself throughout life, whether he is a student, teacher or a non-professional.
The Programme of Action of National Policy on Education (1986) has indicated that he needs for
in-service education of teachers arise from several sources such as changing national goals,
revisions of curricula of schools and colleges, additional inputs in the teaching learning system,
inadequate background of teachers, care should be taken to see that some of the courses mentioned
and the corresponding needs that arise from these sources are reflected in the in-service
programmes.

32.3 Professional Commitment

Teachers should have the professional commitment and enthusiasm for accomplishing their
responsibilities as well as their duties.
1. Teacher should give priority to his professional commitment and development.
2. Teacher should be enthusiastic towards his teaching and teaching programmes.
3. Teacher should have motional tie with his students. He should provide educational guidance
to his students.
4. Teacher should have positive out-look and sympathetic attitude toward his students.

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