Globalisation and Changes in Teacher Education
Globalisation and Changes in Teacher Education
The only thing constant in this world today is CHANGE'. The human race has evolved from a leaf-clad nomad to a highly modern civilization. The major factors, which have contributed to these enormous and apparent changes, are Technology and Globalisation'. This terrestrial ball which we call the globe has shrunken down into an urban village where everyone has the access to the other end at all the times. But still there is a gap between the various sections of the world; the reason: EDUCATION.
We know in the global society today the aspects of rapid change, lifelong learning, flexible routes to learning and the use of technology have a major impact on all the areas of education. And one such area is the Teacher Education'.
As already stated earlier, we are completely under the influence of the growing demands and needs of the newly born and evolved society, so we have to bring about drastic changes in our teacher education programmes. The schools of today not only need a well educated teacher who has loads of content knowledge but also the one who has several other traits of personality which are the need of the hour.
Professional and teacher development has become increasingly important across all sectors of education pertaining to the significant changes in this sector due to the impact of new technologies and the increasing drives of accountability and recognized validity by the society and the government.
In accordance to these changes the teacher educators of today should produce teachers who can confidently and whole heartedly welcome these changes and blend them in their ways and methods of teaching.
It now depends upon the teacher educators how they do so. I feel that no matter how advance the technologies are, one comes back to his/her own culture and society. So we should completely agree to the fact that because it is a growing world we will have to grow along with it as per its requirements but then always stay connected to our own individualities as well.
I would like to quote here a few words by DRUCKER (1993)
"Tomorrow's Educated persons will have to be prepared for
living in a global world. It will be a Westernised world.
But the Educated Persons will also live in an increasingly
tribalized world. They must be citizens of the world' - in
their vision, their horizon, their information. But they will
have to draw nourishment from their local roots and, in
turn, enrich and nourish their own culture."
All that I wish to say here is that to make a stand in today's progressive community we have to make use of the new approaches of teaching which cater more to the student's needs and use the latest means of technology like the role of ICT etc. But at the same time never forget that these new globally accepted machines are just the sources to impart our culture and ethics to our children so that in this phase of cosmopolitanism and globalism they stand upright and high with a difference and uniqueness from the rest.
So, I shall like to conclude by saying that in this era of globalisation, the out sourcing of teacher education is a must in order to draw out the maximum results worldover equally.
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