STRENGTHENING EDUCATION TO GENERATE EDUCATIONAL GRADUATES (TEACHER PREPARATION AND CERTIFICATION IN AUSTRALIA)
ABSTRACT: Considering that
education has become the engine room for modern economies and the backbone for
prosperity of any nation, there is a massive drive on a global scale to upgrade
the quality of education a nation provides to its citizens. The top performing
education systems have demonstrated that the quality of teacher training and
raising the social status of teachers is a pre-requisite to improve the quality
of education the citizens of a nation receive. This paper focuses on (a) the
attributes of quality teacher training and quality teachers, (b) discussion of Australian
and Singaporean approach to teacher training, and (c) need for Indonesian
teacher training institutes to upgrade their strategies to provide quality
training. Since teachers are the most valuable to schools investment in teacher
professionalism is vital to ensure that they are equipped with an
evidence-based repertoire of pedagogical skills that are demonstrably effective
in meeting the developmental and learning needs of all students.
Author: Ranbir Singh Malik
Journal Code: jppendidikangg130069
