| Teachers training is provided to educate individuals | | | | Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) is a |
| so that they are able to impart education to | | | | government body that grades the quality of |
| children in each and every small village or town. | | | | programs offered by universities for teacher |
| Teacher education is an important period as this is | | | | education. Further, this body accredits schools and |
| when every person, who undergoes it, spends | | | | colleges across the whole country. Set up in 1951, |
| the maximum amount of time in its formative | | | | this body sees to it that all educational institutions |
| cradle. Teacher education is also popularly known | | | | maintain a high level and quality of education. |
| as teacher development and teacher training. | | | | Information on some of the leading universities |
| To speak specifically about the program, teacher | | | | that offer programs for teacher education is |
| education trains graduate students to work as | | | | provided below. This will help people to identify |
| teachers in schools. This course is a necessary | | | | their area of interest and also provide a better |
| prerequisite for any person who wants to get into | | | | insight into teaching as a profession. |
| the profession of teaching. Here, the aspiring | | | | University of California in San Diego is one of the |
| teacher not only receives theoretical knowledge | | | | leading educational institutes in America. It offers |
| such as lessons and lectures, but also gets enough | | | | major, minor, undergraduate, graduate, as well as |
| practical experience of teaching. Further, this | | | | post graduate programs in education studies. Even |
| course attempts to teach new developments in | | | | doctorate degrees are available for those |
| the field to an aspiring teacher, so that he can | | | | teachers who want to further enhance their |
| excel in his field of specialization. Moreover, | | | | studies. This university also offers two special |
| comprehensive training is offered in methodologies | | | | programs, namely Master of Arts in Deaf |
| of teaching, material preparation for classes, | | | | Education and Master of Ed. Credential programs |
| evaluation standards and procedures, | | | | in multiple subjects. |
| management of the whole class, and curriculum | | | | Another renowned educational institution, the |
| development. | | | | Harvard Graduate School of Education, also has |
| In almost all the good universities of America, | | | | some special teacher education programs for |
| graduate programs are offered in teacher | | | | students who want to become trained as a |
| education and training. An important quality of | | | | teacher. They have two graduate level programs, |
| these courses is that they not only give you | | | | namely the Mid-Career Math and Science program |
| complete theoretical knowledge, but also aims to | | | | (MCMS) and the Teaching and Curriculum program |
| create a band of leaders, who understand that | | | | (TAC). They also have an undergraduate level |
| education is the most important part of a | | | | Teacher Education Program, which is in fact one |
| person's life and thus give their heart and soul to | | | | of the oldest in the whole country. |
| this profession. The National Council for | | | | |