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Unit 3: Types of Teacher Education—In-service, Pre-service, Distance

3.2.2 Teacher Education for Secondary Schools Notes
Secondary education occupies a very critical place in education, not only because the children
become more mature and develop additional psychological characteristics but also because of its
special educational functions. The curriculum for this stage becomes enriched and stands in the mid-
way of elementary and senior secondary schools. Further it is an independent stage of education for
the majority of students who prefer to enter into life. The teachers are expected to play somewhat
different role and prepare students for two fold responsibilities-to cater the needs of students for
life and prepare them for senior secondary schools. But the major consideration which demands the
attention of teacher educators is to maintain the continuity of integrated approach in curriculum
development and its transactional strategies and prepare students for subject centered approach in
future. This transformation requires a teacher education programme rich in content to realize the
following objectives :
• to maintain the continuity of elementary education and to prepare students for the study of
diversified courses and appropriate selection of subjects at the senior secondary stage,
• To empower the prospective teachers to adopt disciplinary approach in teaching and to develop
among students interest in such studies,
• To enable them to understand the implications of liberalization, privatization, globalization
(LPG) free market, W.T.O. and outsourcing etc. on education and adopt precautionary measures
against their unsound effects.
• To curtail the educational and cultural gap between the rich and the poor and the schools
meant for them by adopting suitable educational approaches,
• To develop among the prospective teachers love for Indian culture, and its contribution to the
world and to inculcate a sense of national pride and identity,
• To enable them to develop the teaching competencies and performance skills for the subjects
they have to teach, organize supplementary educational activities and community cooperation,
Similarly a few more objectives may be formulated in consonance with the emerging trends in the
context of local to global scenario.

Since teachers at secondary stages have to deal with adolescents they must understand
their problems and offer solutions to them including their social transformation and
nurturing of their uniqueness.

Self Assessment
2. State whether the following statements are 'True' or 'False'
(i) Elementary education which makes a significant contribution to national development
occupies a crucial position of the system of education.
(ii) The curriculum of teacher education at elementary stage should be rigid and non responsive
to the national, regional and locality contexts.
(iii) The pedagody of teacher education at secondary stage should consist of practical teaching,
development of read materials for students of various stages in social science, physical
science etc.
(iv) The streaming of academic and vocational studies will take place at elementary stage of
education.
(v) The increased duration of teacher education along with semesterization can provide
oportunity for adoping integrated approach in teaching especially in teaching of physical
education.

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