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Unit 4: Aims and Objectives of Teacher Education at Elementary Level

and faculty members, and office for the administrative staff and a store. The size of instructional Notes
space shall not be less than 10 sq. ft. per student.
(b) There shall be a library equipped with text and reference books relating to prescribed
courses of study, educational encylopedia, year books, electronic publications (CD-ROMs)
and journals on teacher education and other software relevant to the elementary stage.
(c) There shall be games facilities with playground. Alternatively, the playground available
with the attached school or local body may be utilized and where there is scarcity of space as
in metropolitan towns / hilly regions, facilities for yoga, indoor games may be provided.
(d) To provide these facilities, the Management/Institutions shall, at the time of making
application, have in its possession adequate land/land and building on ownership basis free
from all encumbrances. Government land acquired on long term lease as per the law of the
concerned State/UT will also be considered valid for the purpose. Pending construction of
permanent building in the above land, the institution may provide these facilities in suitable
temporary premises up to a maximum period of 3 years, before expiry of which the institution
should shift to its permanent building.
8. Instructional Facilities
(a) There shall be a multi-purpose educational laboratory with psychology and science sections
and a workshop attached to it.
(i) The science shall have the apparatus and chemicals required to demonstrate all the
experiments as per the syllabus of elementary schools.
(ii) The psychology section shall have facilities for conducting the following tests : Sensory
– motor, intelligence (Performance, Verbal and Non-Verbal), Aptitude, Personality and
Interest inventories.
(b) There shall be hardware and software facilities for language learning.
(c) There shall be an Educational Technology laboratory with hardware and software required
for imparting Information Technology (IT) literacy.
Preparation of Primary Teachers: NCTE prepared its first model for teacher Education in 1978
and second model in 1988.
• NCTE – Model – I (1978) : At primary stage, A teacher education model showed three areas (A),
(B), (C) and % weight age in terms of time, area wise and concerned course wise weight age of
the said model at primary stage is as under-
(A) Pedagogical theory (20%)
(i) Teacher and Education in the emerging Indian society.
(ii) Child Psychology
(iii) Principles / Problems of Primary Education.
(B) Working with Community (20%)
(C) Content cum Methodology, Practice teaching/Practical work (60%):
(iv) Core teaching Programme (10%) Special training programme packages:
(v) Languages (10%)
(vi) Mathematics (5%)
(vii) Environmental studies – I (5%)
(viii) Environmental studies – II (5%)
(ix) Work Experience / Art (10%)
(x) Health, Physical Education and Recreational activities (5%)
(xi) Related Practical work (10%)
Duration of this course included 4-6 semesters after std. X Seminars sponsored by NCERT, SCERT
and Board of Studies of various universities analysed and discussed the NCTE- model–I. Very few

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