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Unit 5: Aims and Objectives of Teacher Education at Secondary Level

• To the educational and cultural gap between the rich and the poor the schools meant for them Notes
by adopting suitable educational approaches.
• 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 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.
• Each stage will also aim at developing specific skill for teaching. Entry qualification at secondary
stage is:
Pedagogy - 30%
Working with community - 20%
Content cum methodology - 50%
• Entry qualification at secondary stage is graduation with 3 papers in school subjects with
minimum second class. Duration is 1 year. Entry qualification for higher secondary stage is
post graduate in 1 of 2 subjects with minimum 55% at post graduate level. Two types of courses
i.e. academic and vocational have been designed. The characteristics of courses of academic
stream are :
• Differentiated, demarcated and specific contents.
• Subject and discipline orientation preparatory to specification.
• Vocational Stream: Job oriented; Skill based; Useful.

5.6 Keywords

• Counselor : A person who has been trained to advice people with problems.
• Evaluator : A person who evaluate or assess the quality of something after thinking about
it carefully
• Facilitator : A person who helps somebody to something more easily by discussing problems.

5.7 Review Questions

1. What is the role of teacher as a manager?
2. What are the competencies required for the teacher at secondary level?
3. Give any five objectives of teacher education programme.
4. Explain the structure of teacher education programme at secondary stage.
5. What are the characteristics of courses of academic stream?
Answers: Self Assessment
1. (i) manager (ii) facilitator (iii) guide and counselor
(iv) subject specialist (v) evaluator
2. (i) True (ii) False (iii) True (iv) False
3. (i) (b) (ii) (a) (iii) (c)
5.8 Further Readings

1. Teacher Education: Arthur M.Cohen, Florene B. Brawere; Pam Schuctz, Lawrence
Erlbaum Associates.
2. Issues and Problems in Teacher Education: Bernadette Robinson;
3. Inclusive Education--Study And Teaching : Suzanne E. Wade. Pam Schuctz, Lawrence
Erlbaum Associates.

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