INNOVATIVE PRACTICES FOR QUALITY ENHANCEMENT IN TEACHER EDUCATION

Education renders a significant contribution in leading to effective growth and development of the individuals and teachers. The major significance of teacher education is focused upon the impartment of training to the teachers, with the main purpose of achieving the desired academic outcomes. Therefore, to perform their job duties up to the required standard, they need to enhance their skills and abilities with innovations. The teachers have an important role to play in not only achieving the desired goals and objectives of the educational institutions but also in promoting the welfare of the community.The teacher is the key factor of all mental, social and spiritual development of children. Within the course of implementation of their job duties, they are required to cope with many challenges. They need to know the innovative practices to get desired outcomes.There exists a wide gap between theory and the knowledge and skills of teaching required in the actual classroom curriculum transaction. For this reason, a routine-bound teacher cannot act following the emerging needs unless he or she is trained and frequently oriented. The innovative practices will be useful to enhance teacher education.The main areas that have been taken into account in this research paper are, the scope of teacher education, changing context of teacher education with innovation in the Indian scenario, and challenges of teacher education