The Quality of Secondary Pre-Service Teacher Education in Ethiopia: The Case of Bahir Dar University
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2006-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
A study conducted by Ministry of Education to address
problems ~n the education system of Ethiopia under the
ti tle "The Quali ty and Effectiveness of Teacher Education
System in Ethiopia " called for teacher education reform
allover the country. This study was started by a
preliminary survey about the opinions of teacher educators
concerning the reformed teacher education program. They
have perceived the program as a program that claims
obedience and which is difficult to implement. Also student
teachers lack of necessary background knowledge and
problems related with curriculum and infrastructure were
pinpointed as problems that exist in the teacher education
program . Their perceptions lead to study the quality of the
teacher education program . The study was conducted with a
quali tati ve case study design. The data collection methods
that were used in the study were interview wi th student
teachers and teacher educators, document analysis, and
field observation. The using the conceptual
framework of UNESCO (2004) to understand quality of
education, has revealed that factors such as external
influence in the economic context of the teacher education
program and the strategy of recrui ting students to the
program has put the quality of the teacher education
program at risk
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Education