Education

Keywords; Teacher education in Pakistan, The history of teacher education, Associate Degree in Education (ADE), B.Ed. (Hons)., Pre-Service Teachers Education Programme (STEP), Primary Teacher Certificate, (PTC), Certificate in Teaching (CT), B.Ed. , B.Ed. honors The history of teacher education in Pakistan Teachers’ professional education is viewed as one of the most important factors in improving students’ learning. Keeping this in view many developed and less developed countries pay significant attention to improve the practices of teacher education. In order to develop capable teachers they make conscious efforts to establish and maintain quality teacher education institutions . The history of teacher education in Pakistan starts with the establishment of the country. However, this area has been facing various challenges such as lack of consistent policy, inconsistency in curriculum, low resources, lack of quality teachers, low quality of teaching process, lack of s...

Keywords; Scope of Teacher Education ,   The changing role of teacher, Scientific teachers, the competencies required for a teacher, Teacher as guide and counselor , Professional competencies of teacher , teacher as Evaluator SCOPE OF TEACHER EDUCATION ·          Professional commitment and the development of overall competencies of teachers. ·          The quality of pre-service education has improved with recent developments in pedagogical science ·          Teacher education progranmmes consist mainly of pre-service teacher training with practically and systematic training programmes for in-service teachers ·          Seminars and workshops for the training of teachers ·          Refreshment courses for teachers from time to time Objectives Vision of teach...