Teacher education in Uganda: Policy and practice
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Date
2016
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Cambridge University Press
Abstract
Teacher education is concerned with helping teachers acquire the attitudes,
knowledge and skills they need to carry out their duties and responsibilities
as teachers; and this is vital since teachers are central in the school system.
Perraton et al. (2002, 7) argue that ‘teachers are vital. Unless we can get more
teachers, and better teachers, we will not reach the target of making quality
education available to all by 2015.’ Quality education is certainly impossible
to achieve without teachers. So as more and more children join schools, more
teachers will be needed. The number of children needing education will continue
to grow because the world population is continuing to grow.
Table 1 gives the population of people aged 5–14 in the different countries
of East Africa.
Description
Page 232, Chapter 13
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Teacher education, Policy, Practice
Citation
Moon, B. (2016). Do universities have a role in the education and training of teachers? An international analysis of policy and practice. Cambridge University Press.