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Teacher Education

Notes 3.4 Summary

• There are three types of teacher education.
(1) In-service (2) Pre-service (3) Distance
• In service Teacher education: In service teacher education is a programme of activities and
experiences participated in by the educational personnel in education during services. The
main purpose of this type of teacher education is to provide incentives to the teacher, to help
teachers to know their problems and solve them, to introduce modern techniques, to upgrade
the teacher knowledge during the service. In this, problems suggestions and institutions of In-
service teacher education are also given.
• Pre-service Education: There is great requirement and demand of separate pre-service teacher
education programmes for all the stages of the school education like, elementary, secondary,
senior secondary, college level. The different curriculums for different stages are introduced
and modified from previous style. Various terms and techniques have been introduced like
globalization, WTO, LPG, ICT, outsourcing. The academic and vocational stream have more
knowledgeable curriculum in pre-service teacher education.
• Distance Teacher Education: Distance teachers are prepared for organizing effective distance
teaching. Distance teacher education is provided by multimedia strategies. There are two
types of persons involved in the process of teacher education
• one is who is to be trained and
• two who will train them, procedure, qualities of distant teacher, selection of training
programme care also included in the unit. The emphasis has been given on B.Ed.
correspondence course through distance education and concerned agencies like UGC, NCTE,
IGNOU's role in distance education is also explained in this unit.

3.5 Keywords

• In-service : During the service.
• Suggestion : An idea or plan that you mention for somebody else to think about.
• Improvement : The act of making something better.

3.6 Review Questions

1. Explain the term 'Teacher Education' and Teacher Training. Describe the need for distance
teacher training.
2. Indicate the role of UGC and NCTE for the distance teacher training.
3. Indira Gandhi Open University and its role in teacher Education. Discuss.
4. Indicate the need of teacher education for distance-education.
5. Indicate the importance of teacher education for distance education.
6. Enumerate the problems of distance teachers.
7. Indicate the role of IGNOU in teacher education.

Answers: Self Assessment
1. (i) academic advisory committee (ii) universities
(iii) orientation programme (iv) systematic technique
(v) refresher courses
2. (i) False (ii) True (iii) False (iv) True
(v) True

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