Curriculum designing for secondary teacher education programme

The Curriculum is at the heart of the education process, it sets out what is to be learned and how and when it is to be taught. A proper curriculum designing and curriculum development process gives a successful learning experience for students. There are different approaches for curriculum designing, these are Subject Centered Approach, Learner Centered Approach, Problem Centered Approach, Competency based Approach. Secondary teacher education (B.Ed.) programme helps to prepare teachers who can effectively teach in secondary schools. Secondary teacher education curriculum should equip with appropriate objective, content, learning experiences which will be possible by proper curriculum designing. So that teacher educators can successfully transact the curriculum and help trainee teachers to achieve the curriculum objectives. Curriculum design for teacher education might focus on teaching skill development, critical thinking, communication, self-identity, global awareness, democratic learning, cooperative learning, decision-making etc. So, teacher education curriculum should more emphasised on problem solving approach. The content included in the B.Ed. curriculum help to develop the teaching skill, attitude, behaviour and values which is necessary for a competent teacher which follow the Competency based Approach. In this study, researcher attempted to look at teacher education from the perspectives of approaches of curriculum design and actually which approach is following by the present secondary teacher education curriculum. After the changes occurred in one-year secondary teacher education programme to two years, a paradigm shift helped to rethink teacher education. It was observed that the two-year secondary teacher education curriculum follows the Problem-solving approach and competency-based approach where teachers preparing for teaching in diverse school settings. It is considered to produce life-long learners who can better adapt to the world of work, and is considered inherently more democratic.