FALL 2017
TEACHER EDUCATION
Objective: This Course will enable the student to:
1. Explain Teacher Education program
2. Gain Basic knowledge about Teacher Education Curriculum Development
3. Tell the Goals and Objective of Teacher Education in Pakistan
4. Identify the Functions of the colleges of Teacher Training Institutes
5. Explain the structure of teacher education
6. Differentiate between provision of teacher training through distance and other means;
7. Identify the different effective methods of delivering quality in-service and pre-service teacher
training.
Unit 1. THE CONCEPT OF TEACHER EDUCATION
1.1 Meaning an Concept of Teacher Education
1.2 Need of Teacher Education
1.3 Scope of Teacher Education
1.4 Aspects of Teacher Education
1.5 Vision of Teacher Education
1.6 The Changing Role of Teacher
1.7 Implications for Teacher Education
1.8 Changing Models of Teacher Education
Unit 2. CURRICULUM AND DESIGN FOR TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMME
2.1 Traditional Point of View about curriculum
2.3 Progressive Point of View about curriculum
2.4 Curriculum and Teacher Education at Elementary Education Level
2.5 Curriculum and Teacher Education at Secondary Education Level
2.6 Teacher Trainings in Pakistan
2.7 Nature and Scope of Teacher Training at Elementary level
2.8 Nature and Scope of Teacher Training at Secondary Level
2.9 Role and competencies required for Teacher
Unit 3. OBJECTIVES OF TEACHER EDUCATION
3.1 Classification of Educational Objectives
3.2 Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational objective
3.3 Vision and Objectives of Teacher Education
3.4 Teacher Education and Attitude Change
3.5 Teacher education and skills needed for a teacher
3.13 Teacher education and teaching for understanding
3.15 Teacher Education and Values
Unit 4. OBJECTIVE AND STRUCTURE of TEACHER EDUCATION CURRICULUM
4.1 Characteristics of in Curriculum Framework
4.2 Specific Objectives of Curriculum for Elementary Stage
4.3 Role of Teacher Training Institutions
4.4 Link between School Curriculum and Teacher education curriculum
4.5 Role of Teachers in linking the students and teachers curricula
Unit 5. TEACHER EDUCATION THROUGH NON-FORMAL AND DISTANCE EDUCATION
5.1 The Non Formal and Distance Education
5.2 Distance Education for teacher training
5.3 Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU)
5.4 Global Trends towards Teachers Education through Non-Formal and Distance
Education
Unit 6. CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE ROLE OF PRIVATE SECTOR IN TEACHER
EDUCATION
6.1 Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) Pakistan
6.2 Teachers Resource Center (TRC)
6.3 Private sector teacher training institutes (TTIs) in Pak.
6.4 Evaluation of the private sector TTIs
6.5 Gap Between Public and Private Sector Teacher Training program
Unit 7. PROBLEMS OF TEACHER EDUCATION IN PAKISTAN AND SUGGESTIONS FOR
ITS IMPROVEMENT
7.1 lack of Policy and standard
7.2 economic problems
7.3 Problems of cultural Reconstruction
7.4 Isolation of Teacher Education
7.5 Expanding Scope of Teacher Education
7.6 Breaking the Barriers
7.7 Provide a Policy and Framework Cover
7.8 Developing Teacher Core competencies
7.9 Proper Recruitment Practices
7.10 Pre-Service and In-Service Trainings
8. References for further reading
1. Allama Iqbal Open University (1999). 25 years of AIOU 1974-999, Islamabad.
2. Asian Development bank (2002). Teacher Training project. Project Completion Report. IN. 285-
02.
3. Davi, L, and Iqbal, Z. (1997). Becoming A Teacher: Issues in Secondary Teaching Buckingham,
Open University press.
4. Misra, K.S. (1993) Teachers and Their Education Amlbala Cantt., the Associated Publishers.
5. Ministry of Education (2001) National Plan of Action on Education for all 2000-2015 Pakistan.
Islamabad.
6. Mukamusioni, D. (2006). Distance learning programme of teachers at Kigali institute of
education: an expository study. International review of research in open and distance learning
7:2.
7. O’Loughlin, M. (1995) Daring the image of dissent and possibility in teaching. Theory in
perraton, Robinson and Creed 2007.
8. Terret, J-F. (2007). Burkina Faso: Professional development of head teachers”. Theory into
practice 24(2) 170-116, EF 512860.
9. UNESCO (2003) Status of Teachers in Pakistan. Islamabad.
10. Zafar, F. (2004). First Report Policy Research and training “Strengthening Decentralized Locl
Government in Faisalabad District Project”. (DfID Funded).
