Pre-service Teacher Training Programs: Outcomes of Recent Reforms and New Trends towards Effective Professional Training

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Pre-service Teacher Training Programs Outcomes
of Recent Reforms and New Trends towards
Effective Professional Training
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1 The institutional environment and curriculum
resources

• Learning to negotiate and manage reforms.
• Rethinking career paths in relation to practical
  training and university/school partnerships.
• University faculty and pre-service training
  involvement.

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2.1 The epistemological foundation of teacher
training  

• Abandoning the traing model based on disciplines
• From knowledge of the discipline to competencies.
• Drawing on students knowledge.

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2.2 The need for new curriculum content related
to current societal changes

• ICTs as a cross-curricular competency.
• Integrating multi-ethnicity throughout the
  curriculum.
• Education in minority settings towards a
  broader, critical vision.

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3 Curriculum, teaching and learning

• The theory and practice debate.
• Towards a better integrated and more coherent
  curriculum.
• The transition from pre-service training to
  integration into a teaching career.

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4 Expected competencies and program evaluation

• Evaluating ways to accredit teacher training
  institutions.
• Taking into account the actual characteristics of
  institutions pre-service training system.