Section archive - Teacher Education Programs

This exploratory study was designed to measure the quality of early childhood education utilizing the Early Childhood Learning Environment Rating Scale-Revised (ECERS-R) in 40 classrooms in Beijing, China. Implications for early childhood teacher education are addressed.

The authors describe the political circumstances facing new graduates of early childhood education (ECE) training programs and the discrepancy between the ECE curriculum they are exposed to and the realities of the field they enter. The article describes the efforts to create a new network of early intervention professionals in order to address some of the challenges facing early intervention in the province of Ontario, Canada.

The study presents a historical background of teacher education in Jordan. It also outlines the components of the present teacher education program at Hashemite University. Based on the discussion of the current teacher education program and the revision of related educational literature, this article attempts to present a reform plan that will take into account the gaps and shortcomings in the current teacher education programs and the views of researchers in the field.

Through this study researchers sought to evaluate the effects of qualification on instructional delivery modes of practicing preschool teachers in Nigeria. The sample consisted of 93 preschool teachers and 2,859 pupils aged 4 to 5 years. The results revealed that none of the teachers observed had preschool education training, and teacher whole-class interaction characterized by direct instruction was the prevailing approach.