Unit-I: Structure, Curriculum and modes of Pre-service Teacher Education

• Roles and functions of School Teachers.
• Pre-service teacher education: Needs, objectives and scope
• Vision of Teacher Education Curriculum as envisaged in UNESCO, NCERT and NCTE documents.
• Curriculum areas of initial teacher preparation: Foundation Courses, curriculum and pedagogy, Practicum, school internship.
• Modes of pre service teacher education- Face to Face mode and Open Distance Mode Learning. Needs and significance.

Unit-II: Organization of Different Components of Teacher Education Curriculum:

• The student teachers as adult learners’ and their characteristics. The concept of andragogy and its principles.
• Organisation, transaction and evaluation of different components of teacher education curriculum; model practices.
• Transactional approaches for the foundation courses in teacher education programmes individualized, Group based, Teacher Centred and blended Approach.
• Transactional approaches for the skill and competency development courses: Micro teaching, Simulated teaching, Models of Teaching, Teaching in real classroom situation, Peer presentation and Feedback, Tutor observation etc.
• Concept and scope of school based practicum and internship- objectives, organisation and duration. Activities and experiences in pre-internship, internship and post internship; model practices.

Unit-III: In-service Teacher Education Concept, Structure and models:

• Need for continuous professional development of teachers; Areas of professional development. Purpose of In-service teacher education programmes; orientation, refresher, workshop, seminar and conference- their meaning and objectives.
• Agencies of In-service teacher education: Local Level, District Level, State Level and National Level.
• Modes and Models of in-service teacher education: Face to face mode; Open Distance Learning mode and Blended approach.
• Induction, one shot, cascade, mentoring and action research based approach for professional development of teachers.
• Role of Teacher Educators in different modes of In-service teacher education.

Unit-IV: Planning, Organisation and Evaluation of In-service Teacher Education

• Planning In-service Teacher education programme: context, purpose, duration and budget.
• Designing In-service teacher education programme: assessment of training needs, formulation of training curriculum, preparation of course materials, evaluation of curricular inputs.
• Organisation of In-service teacher education programme: common problems faced by teacher education institutions.
• Effectiveness of in-service education programmes: impact on development of professional competencies among practicing teachers and impact on curricular practices at school level.
• Practicum: Any One of the following—
• Interview of in-service teachers on training needs and the impact of pre-service training programme.
• Comparison of curriculum of pre-service teacher education university wise/ state wise NCTE norms and guidelines.
• Workshop on writing objectives of teacher education courses and identifying relevant teacher education institution wise in the context of content areas