Teacher Education in Face-To-Face and Distance Perspectives

The book attempts to explore the scenario of Teacher Education in India by comparing the teaching abilities of the teachers trained through the formal mode and the distance mode. The questions the book tries to raise for educators, planners and policy makers include "Is there any difference in the abilities of teachers trained through different modes?" "Do the teacher preparation programmes adequately prepare teachers for challenges of classroom?" and "Is there a need for revisioning the teacher education programmes?