Teacher Education Landscapes In India

This book examines the unexplored dimensions in the teacher education sector in India. It engages with critical concerns and attempts to provide a comprehensive and holistic perspective on how governance and quality management are conceptualised, debated, developed, and implemented in the teacher education sector in India. Drawing arguments from research and contributions of academicians, the book explores four central themes of teacher education, namely, governance and management in teacher education, management of pre-service teacher education, quality management in teacher education, and financing and political economy of teacher education. It focuses on the current operational model, situational efficiency, and provides a comprehensive analysis of the various reforms and initiatives taken at theoretical and practical levels for the transformation of teacher education.

Presenting a focused overview of the critical dimensions of teacher education, and rich in empirical evidence, this book will be of interest to students, researchers, and teachers of education, sociology of education, urban education, politics of education, and educational studies. It will also be useful for teachers, teacher educators, academicians, scholars, and policymakers in the education sector.

Pranati Panda is Professor and Head of the Department of School and Non-Formal Education of the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA), New Delhi, India. She is also a founding architect of the National Programme on School Standards and Evaluation, a major initiative of the government of India, for institutionalisation of school quality assurance and accreditation in 1.53 million schools. Prof. Panda has more than three and half decades of experiences in premier national organisations and is a distinguished scholar in teacher and teacher education, teacher professional standards, institutional governance, regulations, standards setting, quality assurance, and accreditation and leadership. Prof. Panda managed as the focal point and editor for the Asian Network of Training and Research Institutions (ANTRIEP) in establishing international collaboration and networking with Asian countries.