Quality Concerns in Teacher Education

Contents: Preface. List of contributors. 1. Professional competence of teacher educators; a neuro scientific perspective. 2. Commitment towards quality school education. 3. Knowledge management for quality teacher education. 4. Creative and innovative teaching in chemistry. 5. Class room communication strategy. 6. Training teachers to cope with emerging ICT based skills. 7. Infrastructure facility in teacher education. 8. Self regulated learning: learning from learner's perspective. 9. Effectiveness of E-content material on RDNA Technology at tertiary level. 10. Importance of teaching history in the school curriculum. 11. ICT sills for teachers. 12. Work culture: a quality indicator of institutional effectiveness. 13. Ethical values in teacher education. 14. Teacher education-prospects and problems. 15. Quality of teacher education-threats and thrust areas. 16. Modern teacher and latest communication system. 17. Curriculum designing/transaction for quality teacher education. 18. Teacher education and professional competence of teacher educators. 19. Teacher education and professional competence of teacher education. 20. ICT in pre-service teacher training. 21. Innovative strategies in teaching and learning. 22. Professional competence of teacher educators. 23. Role of educational technology on quality improvement in teaching and learning. 24. On the road to resilience: stress busters for the teacher. 25. Awareness on latest educational technology among B. Ed trainees of Thiruvalluvar University - a research study. 26. Infrastructure facility in teacher education. 27. Are you ready for mobile learning environment? A call to teacher educators. 28. E-tutoring: an innovative teaching strategy for teacher educators. 29. Modern teacher and latest communication system. 30. Teacher education and professional competence of teacher educators. 31. Utilization and the problems faced by the teacher trainee's using Internet technology. 32. Modern teacher and latest communication system. 33. Ethical values in teacher education. 34. Education technology: beyond utilization. 35. Effectiveness of multimedia CAI in relation to persistence of student teachers. 36. Teacher education and professional competence of teacher education. 37. Quality concerns in teaching education innovative strategies in teaching and learning. 38. Preparing tomorrow's teachers to teach with technology. 39. Role of nutrition in memory. 40. Quality improvement technology in teacher education for present and future. 41. Ethical values in teacher education. 42. Classroom communicative strategy. 43. Use of information and communication technology in higher education and lecturers' competencies. 44. Role and education of teachers in 21st century. 45. ICT and teacher education. 46. Modern teacher and latest communication system. 47. Teacher education and professional competence of teacher educators. 48. ICT integration: improvement in teacher education. 49. Ethical values in teacher education. 50. ICT in teacher education. 51. Muslim women's work participation in India. 52. Muslims in modern India: socio-economic profile. 53. Trends in teacher education. 

"Teacher preparation programs should work toward the preparation of teachers by providing pre-service candidates with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to teach all pupils effectively; by engaging candidates emotionally, ethically and intellectually so they can devise learner-centered methods and experiences appropriate to multicultural contexts; by designing pedagogical experiences for candidates to develop a critical awareness of how socio-economic, cultural and political conditions affect pupil success; by sustaining an environment in which teachers become reflective, lifelong learners engaged in continuing professional growth; and by creating a culture in which teachers are actively involved in a qualitative transformation of themselves, their pupils, and their communities.

The need of teacher man power planning has resulted in mushrooming growth of teacher education throughout the country. It's the right time that every educationalist should take care, that quantitative expansion should not slip the quality. Therefore a real and keenly felt need for a seminar where experts can share their views to improve the quality in teacher education. As a cause of serving the nation, Excel College of Education has organized a two day national seminar on "Quality Concerns in Teacher Education" with the following objectives.

• To enhance the quality in teacher education.
• To know the new teaching strategies in teacher education.
• To evolve strategies to enhance professional competency in teacher education.
• To analyse the future of teacher education institutions, and finally
• To discuss the present scenario.

To achieve the above stated objectives the contributions of the paper presenters are categorized in the following sub themes.

• Innovative strategies in teaching and learning.
• Infrastructure facility in teacher education.
• Teacher education and professional competence of teacher educators.
• Ethical values in teacher education.
• Modern teacher and latest communication and
• Knowledge management for quality teacher education.

The present volume brings together the ideas discussed during the seminar. It is believed that this volume could act as a catalyst for quality development in teacher education."