Trends and Challenges in Teacher Preparation in Deaf Education

Rethinking education of deaf children in Zimbabwe: challenges and opportunities for teacher education.

The study explores the communication challenges faced by teacher trainees in teaching deaf learners and the opportunities that they present. A critical disabilities study approach within the qualitative paradigm was employed to collect interview data from 14 trainee teachers (6 were men and 8 women) and 5 of their specialist mentors (all of them were women) at 3 special schools in Zimbabwe. The...

Recent Trends in Teacher Education in Germany

TNTEE Publications Volume 2, Nr 2, December 1999 We are faced with an interesting phenomenon in Germany: Seen from the inside, i.e. with regard to internal organisation, structures and curricula, teacher education has not been a very dynamic sector for decades. In the post-war period the major event was the almost complete universitisation of teacher education through the integration of the Päd...

Integration of computers and related technologies into deaf education teacher preparation programs.

The study examined how computer technology is used, modeled, and taught in programs that prepare future teachers of students who are deaf or hard of hearing. Data were collected through two self-reported survey instruments sent to participants from two different groups: (a) deaf education faculty (n = 233) and (b) administrators of programs serving students who are deaf or hard of hearing (n = ...

ALTERNATIVE TEACHER EDUCATION Trends and Implications in Policies and Practices

STEM Teacher Education and Professional Development and Training: Challenges and Trends

One of the four goals of STEM aims to educate the best STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) experts in the world. Professional Development programs shared the elements of strong leadership, Building capacity of teachers, and provide instructional guidance for them. However, STEM teachers encountered difficulties in adapting to the new integration reforms into their classrooms T...