Quality Improvement in Teacher Education

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The Contribution of this book deals with the emerging global challenges, prospects and problems in teacher education. It focuses on the teacher educators’ empowerment, teacher mentoring as professional development, and the role of IASEs in strengthening teacher education. The issues and concern related to Competency based Commitment Oriented (CBCO), need for teacher education programmes at higher secondary level (plus two stage) and the status of teacher education at cross-roads are offered. The contributors in this book explained few curriculum models and designs, the perspectives and problems of Communicative English, the review of new input on Personality development and Communication English in common curriculum of B.Ed. The arguments for the consideration of Environmental Science Education and Hypnotism as new input practices in teacher education will give insights. The role of Information and Communicative technology (ICT) is unavoidable aspect in enhancing the quality of teacher education. The utilization and impact of computers and the features of ICT, the application of Internet and e-learning in teacher Education is focused with a dimension in improving the quality in teacher education programmes in particular and human activities in general. A quest for quality improvement and issue, threats and thrust areas and the factors hindering quality are the prime concerns of this book. This book is quite useful for the teacher educations, educational planners, curriculum designs, scholars and the persons who strive for quality in teacher education.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Mahender Reddy Sarsani

Dr. Mahender Reddy Sarsani obtained M.Sc, degree in Applied Mathematics and M.Ed. from Osmania University, Hyderabad (A.P.). He got his M.Phil. degree from Annamalai University, Tamilnadu and received his Ph.D. from Institute of Education, University of London, UK, under the able guidance of Dr. Elwyn Thomas and Dr. Susan Hailam in the area of Educational psychology. Dr. Reddy is an Associate Professor of Education and presently Principal and Head, Institute of Advance Studies in Education (Dept. of Education), Kakatiya University, Warangal (AP). He was Director, Centre for Adult, Continuing and Extension Activities and Chairperson, Board of Studies in Education in the same University. He was awarded Commonwealth Academic Scholarship by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK, London. Dr. Reddy participated several times in National and International Seminars and Conferences and presented research papers. To his credit, he has conducted two national seminars, two Refresher Courses in Education and one research project, which were sponsored by the UGC, New Delhi.