A REVIEW OF REFORMS AND REALITIES IN TEACHER EDUCATION IN INDIA: A META-ANALYSIS

Abstract

Back ground of the study: Review of prior research and reports on reforms and realities in Higher Education System inspires the investigator to make a study on the same in TEP (Teacher Education Programme). The study aims at tracing out the recent innovations and practices (realities) in TEP. Method: The meta analysis as a method in research has been undertaken by the scholar to focus on the key-issues in Teacher Education Programme in India. Six remarkable studies on TEP have been metal analyzed resulting in highlighting 10 key-issues of reforms and 10 issues of realities in Teacher Education Programme. Discussion: Seven issues: Increasing faculty staff in several educational institutions, Network among all the institutions, Infrastructure, Use of ICT, Dynamism of knowledge, Dominance of psychological and Competencies in the use of computers out of 10 issues of reforms should be underlined with respect to their realities. The study focuses on the present scenario of TEP and wishes to bring forth more and more qualitative improvements (professionalism) in Teacher Education Preparation with the inclusion of corporate sectors in various education systems.