A Textbook Of Teacher Education

Teacher education is one of the most challenging tasks that face the educationists and also all those who are concerned about the quality of educational values and human vision that is implicit in the classroom situation. The present publication attempts to provice a bluepring of theoretical framework and practical guidelines that together form the basic appraoch to teacher education. The focus is on a format of ideas and components that would fit neatly into the existing teacher education curriculum and syllabi. The aspects covered are of the essence: basic principles; rules and procedures; teaching methods, tools and characteristics; teacher-student relations; in-service training; and the ideal teacher. A specially detailed chapter on the current methods of teaching is particularly useful, covering debate, demonstration, description, discussion, narration and illustration, among others. It is hoped that the publication will be of much use to teachers, academicians, educationists, policy-makers and planners and all those converned with providing the future citizens a firm and valuable foundation today.
About Author :
Arun Athreya is a reputed Educational Consultant and Adviser to three State Boards of Education. He has a doctorate in Education with specialisation in Educational Reform. He was invited by the Ministyry of Education for consultations prior to the formulation of the National Policy on Education for consultations prior to the formulation of the National Policy on Education, 1986. He has attended a number of national and international seminars and conferences to presentpapers on educational reform prospects. He was especially acclaimed for his book Cultivating Sensibility in Teacher Education (1989).
Contents :
Preface Introduction Basic Principles Fundamental Rules Practical Aspects The Procedure Methods of Teaching Teaching Tools Teaching Characteristics The Observation Teacher-Students On the Job Training Stages and Models Ideal Teacher Bibliography