A Textbook of Teacher Education

Teacher education is one of the most challenging tasks that face the Educationists and also al 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 provide a blueprint of theoretical framework and practical guidelines that together form the basic approach 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 illustrations, among others. It is hoped that the publication will be of much use to teachers, academicians, educationists, policy-makers and planners and all those concerned with providing the future citizens a firm and valuable foundation today.