Quality assurance in Caribbean teacher education institutions: Issues and perspectives
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2011
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Institute of Education, UWI
Abstract
This volume explores some topics related to the assurance of quality and standards in teacher preparation and within teacher professional practice. The articles and reports address themes on academic and professional standards, and flag issues such as portability and comparability of qualifications. Contents: “Measuring Quality in Teacher Education Programmes.” By Mervin Chisholm; “ The External Examiner in the Context of a Strengthened Quality Assurance Environment,” by Carol Hordatt Gentles; “The Challenge of Developing an Instrument and Procedures for the Assessment of Practice Teaching,” by Stafford Griffith; “Standardizing Teachers and their Practice: Lessons from England to the Caribbean,” by Paul Miller, Lucie Staples, Gertrude Shotte, and Christine Callender; “The Status of Teacher Education in the Caribbean,” by Hyacinth Evans; “Recognizing Teacher Qualifications in the Commonwealth: Exploring the Language of Comparability, by James Keevy.
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teacher education