A STUDY ON THE SKILL, KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF TEACHER EDUCATORS FOR INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IN SOUTH AND NORTH 24 PARGANAS, WEST BENGAL

Employing high quality teachers is essential to educational success. Teachers, like students, must learn and practice their skills in order to excel in their trade. So, too, must teacher educators, charged as they are with ensuring the quality of novice teachers. Educating Teachers for Diversity: Meeting the Challenge (OECD 2010) identified a set of key themes that require further attention and discussion in the domain of teacher education for diversity. Among them was the importance of educating the teacher educators themselves.