Emerging Issues and Problems of Teacher Education

Abstract

Teacher Education is a program related with Teacher Proficiency and Competence that would make them competent enough to face new challenges in the Education. Now a days the field of Education is not only limited with books but has broadened in various new horizons. Teacher Education can be considered in three phases: there are Pre-service, Induction and In-service. The three phases are considered as parts of a continuous process. The scope of Teacher Education can be divided into three ways; there are Teacher Education at different levels of Education, Triangular basis of Teacher Education and Aspects of Teacher Education. Major issues in Teacher Education concern may be Proliferation of Colleges of Education, Isolation of Colleges of Education, Regional imbalances, Alternative modes of Teacher Education and etc… Emerging problems of Teacher Education may be Economic, Social, Cultural, Political, Moral, Ecological and Educational. Some suggestions here for improving the condition of Teacher Education are given below. It also discusses the need of Teacher Education program to be innovative and various practices that can be included. It has been recognized that Teacher Education Program should be structured and modified in a way that enables them to respond dynamically to the new problems and challenges in the field of Education, then only Teacher can help in National Development.