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Survey of teacher educational objectives
Citation
Soh, K. C. (1981). Survey of teacher educational objectives. Singapore Journal of Education, 4(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1080/02188798108547591
Author
Soh, Kay Cheng
Abstract
The curriculum of a teacher training institution should aim primarily at providing its trainees with the necessary repertoire of knowledge, skills and attitudes to enable them to perform effectively both in and out of the classroom. Such knowledge, skills and attitudes are needed for the tasks the trainees are expected to perform once they have qualified as teachers. The expectations may come from school principals, teacher educators and Ministry of Education officials. Understandably, these three groups will see the work of a teacher from their respective standpoints–the consumer's, the trainer's and the employer's – and their expectations of teachers and consequently the training programme may be somewhat different. Moreover, the trainees themselves may have their own expectations of the training programme with regard to their professional, academic and personal development. It is readily appreciated that the expectations of school principals, as consumers, and teacher educators, as trainers, are of immediate concern as they are more directly involved in the training of teachers.
Date Issued
1981
Publisher
Taylor & Francis