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Teacher Education

Notes practice and research among teachers in order to sustain not only quality but the skills and
collaboration of scholars in distant time zones in order to cope with assimilate vast information and
knowledge, hence universities and other institutions of teacher education at tertiary level take on
new features which needs new modes of administration and management in order to keep quality
in teacher education programme at tertiary level. It is the need of the hour to bring and modify the
teacher education programme at universities and colleges to reflect on its objectives curricular
transaction, the structure of the education system and mainly the competencies and the skills expected
of the teacher at the tertiary level.
Thus the need of teacher education is reflected in the cohesion of activities which are lacking need
improvement in to bring creativity, novelty in teacher education programme at higher level.
Training for primary and secondary teachers has been emphasized by many commissions and
committees but few people realize the need for training the college teachers. Now a days, a feeling
is growing up among to educationists that there should be need for training of college teachers also.
U.G.C. has organized certain type of orientation programme for college teachers. Therefore, more
and more people working in universities and professional colleges are accepting this idea and
advocating the need for training.
In 1971, U.G.C. funded a larger number of programmes of orientation teaching. Various universities
were asked to hold summer course for orienting college and university teachers. With the assitance
of U.G.C. several universities have organized several short term courses to provide orientation in
teaching for three years. 40 days summer course programme was started in some universities with
the assistance of U.G.C.

The very first programme of teacher education was the Master of College Teaching
(M.C.T.) started in the Calicut University.

6.3 Objectives of Teacher Education at College Level

The Role of teacher is becoming more specific and specialized and yet demanding in the new world
order on account of the explosion of knowledge. This would mean the need for increased
professionalism among the incoming teaching community. If the objectives have to reflect the new
national and international needs will have to be integrated with to local working conditions and be
made more receptive to the realities of Indian social context along with the requirements at
international competition.
We are aware that till today we followed independent programmes of teacher education that varied
from one system to another, the advent of apex bodies for monitoring and controlling quality in
teacher education has helped to achieve certain degree of homogeneity in the objectives of teacher
education. The objectives of teacher education at college level divided into two sections:
(i) Objectives Concerning Knowledge and Understanding
(ii) Objectives Concerning Skills and Abilities
(i) Objectives Concerning Knowledge and Understanding
1. To understand the developmental needs of children at various stages of their growth.
2. To have insight and sympathetic understanding with regard to the development of the
individual and as a democratic citizen.
3. To develop positive attitude towards teaching as a profession and create self-confidence as a
teacher.
4. To understand the psychological bases of education and the factors which influence education.
5. To acquire a sound knowledge of at least two subjects, taught in the school and their contribution
to the overall educaiton of the children.

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