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Teacher Education Dinesh Kumar, Lovely Professional University

Notes Unit 6: Aims and Objectives of Teacher Education at

College Level

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
6.1 Role and Competencies Required for the Teacher at the College Level
6.2 Need of Teacher Education at College Level
6.3 Objectives of Teacher Education at College Level
6.4 Structure of Teachers Education Programme at College Level
6.5 Stages of Structure of Teacher Education
6.6 Curriculum for Teacher Education Programme at College Level
6.7 Summary
6.8 Keywords
6.9 Review Questions
6.10 Further Readings

Objectives
After reading this unit, students will be able to:
• to discuss the role and competencies required of the teacher at the college level.
• to understand teacher educations at college level.
• to describe about need and structure of teacher education at college level.
• to discuss the structure and curriculum of teacher education programme at college level.
• to describe structure of Teachers Edcuation Programme at College Level.
• to discuss stages of Structure of Teacher Education.

Introduction

It is observed that very few teachers‘ education frame works developed by NCTE except in 1978
frame work talked about teacher education programmes for teachers at college level. In practice a
teacher education degree is never made compulsory to teachers in colleges of higher education or
in universities. At this time there were hardly any preservice courses for university and college
teachers. Even though their innovative programmes developed during the mid =70‘ s were
discontinued later the course was in much demand. Which was later discontinued after few years of
functioning. Another course for college teachers began in 1978 in Kerala. M. Phil in Science Education
too was scrapped after few years, when there was a great demand for the course. In this unit we shall
discuss about the objecties of teacher education at college level.

6.1 Role and Competencies Required for the Teacher at the College
Level

When we talk of sustenance of quality and professional development, it implies strengthening and
sharpening of the professional competencies of understanding and insights concerning various
intricacies of a profession. Professional development leads to job satisfaction and helps the
professional to attain higher degree of self actualization. Teacher and teaching at college level is

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