Unit-I: Structure, Curriculum and modes of Pre-service Teacher Education
Roles and functions of School Teachers.
Pre-service teacher education: Needs, objectives and scope
Vision of Teacher Education Curriculum as envisaged in UNESCO, NCERT and NCTE documents.
Curriculum areas of initial teacher preparation: Foundation Courses, curriculum and pedagogy, Practicum, school internship.
Modes of pre service teacher education- Face to Face mode and Open Distance Mode Learning. Needs and significance.
Unit-II: Organization of Different Components of Teacher Education Curriculum:
The student teachers as adult learners? and their characteristics. The concept of andragogy and its principles.
Organisation, transaction and evaluation of different components of teacher education curriculum; model practices.
Transactional approaches for the foundation courses in teacher education programmes individualized, Group based, Teacher Centred and blended Approach.
Transactional approaches for the skill and competency development courses: Micro teaching, Simulated teaching, Models of Teaching, Teaching in real classroom situation, Peer presentation and Feedback, Tutor observation etc.
Concept and scope of school based practicum and internship- objectives, organisation and duration. Activities and experiences in pre-internship, internship and post internship; model practices.
Unit-III: In-service Teacher Education Concept, Structure and models:
Need for continuous professional development of teachers; Areas of professional development. Purpose of In-service teacher education programmes; orientation, refresher, workshop, seminar and conference- their meaning and objectives.
Agencies of In-service teacher education: Local Level, District Level, State Level and National Level.
Modes and Models of in-service teacher education: Face to face mode; Open Distance Learning mode and Blended approach.
Induction, one shot, cascade, mentoring and action research based approach for professional development of teachers.
Role of Teacher Educators in different modes of In-service teacher education.
Unit-IV: Planning, Organisation and Evaluation of In-service Teacher Education
Planning In-service Teacher education programme: context, purpose, duration and budget.
Designing In-service teacher education programme: assessment of training needs, formulation of training curriculum, preparation of course materials, evaluation of curricular inputs.
Organisation of In-service teacher education programme: common problems faced by teacher education institutions.
Effectiveness of in-service education programmes: impact on development of professional competencies among practicing teachers and impact on curricular practices at school level.
Practicum: Any One of the following?
Interview of in-service teachers on training needs and the impact of pre-service training programme.
Comparison of curriculum of pre-service teacher education university wise/ state wise NCTE norms and guidelines.
Workshop on writing objectives of teacher education courses and identifying relevant teacher education institution wise in the context of content areas.
