Quality Improvement in Teacher Education

Contents: Preface. I. Teacher education--emerging challenges: 1. Teacher education--prospects and problems/Mahender Reddy Sarsani. 2. Teacher educators--emerging challenges/N. Sobhana. 3. Teacher mentoring as professional development/P. Alpha V.S. Kumari. 4. Empowerment of teacher educators and the role of state/V.V. Kanka Durga. 5. The role of institutes of advanced studies in education in strengthening teacher education/L. Venkat Ram Reddy. II. Teacher education--issues and concerns: 6. Competency Based Commitment Oriented (CBCO) teacher education--implementation of 2 year B.Ed training programme in Andhra Pradesh/V. Rangacharyulu. 7. Need for teacher education programmes at Higher Secondary Level (Plus Two Stage)/A. Srinivas Reddy. 8. Teacher education at cross-roads/M. Sree Rama Murthy. III. Teacher education--curriculum: 9. Curriculum--models and designs of learning/A. Lakshmi Devi and B. Yella Reddy. 10. Environmental science and its awareness among school children/Md. Riyaz and B. Srinivasulu. 11. Communicative English--It\'s perspectives and problems/A. Parameshwar. 12. An opinion of B.Ed students towards the introduction of personality development and communicative English as compulsory paper in B.Ed course/R. Vijayalatha. 13. Hypnotism--a new curricular input practice for teachers educators/B. Srinivasulu and Md. Riyaz. IV. Teacher education--information and communicative technology: 14. Harnessing technology for teacher education/A. Gayatri and Y. Manjula. 15. The use of computers in education/Mahender Reddy Sarasani and R.K. Anuradha. 16. Enhancing the quality of teacher education through internet and E-learning/V. Dayakera Reddy and S.M. Yusuf Miah. 17. Strengthening of DIETs and HUB of educational technology/Shankar Paripally. V. Teacher education--quality improvement: 18. Teacher educators: a quest for quality improvement/V. Geethanjali. 19. Quality in teacher education--some issues/L. Palanethra. 20. Quality of teacher education--threats and thrust areas/N. Ramnath Kishan. 21. The factors hindering quality in teacher education/N. Vijayalakshmi.

"The contribution of this book deals with the emerging global challenges, prospects and problems in teacher education. It focuses on the teacher educators\' empowerment, teacher mentoring as professional development, and the role of IASEs in strengthening teacher education. The issues and concerns related to competency Based Commitment Oriented (CBCO), need for teacher education programmes at higher secondary level (Plus two stage) and the status of teacher education at cross-roads are offered. The contributors in this book explained few curriculum models and designs, the perspectives and problems of communicative English, the review of new input on personality development and communicative English in common curriculum of B.Ed. The arguments for the consideration of environmental science education and hypnotism as new input practices in teacher education will give insights. The role of Information and Communicative Technology (ICT) is unavoidable aspect in enhancing the quality of teacher education. The utilisation and impact of computers and the features of ICT, the application of internet and e-learning in teacher education is focussed with a dimension in improving the quality in teacher education programmes in particular and human activities in general. A quest for quality improvement and issues, threats and thrust areas and the factors hindering quality are the prime concerns of this book. This book is quite useful for the teacher educators, educational planners, curriculum designers, scholars and the person who strive for quality in teacher education." (jacket)