TEACHER EDUCATION OR TEACHER TRAINING: WHICH IS IT?
Abstract
This article makes a critical distinction between the two concepts, teacher education, on the one hand, and teacher training on the other. It is maintained that the title of a program should correspond with the title of an institution. Hence, the expression "teacher training" may have been appropriate when the titles "normal school" and "training college" were in vogue. However, with the advent of the university college, it is argued that the phrase "teacher education" should have replaced "teacher training". Unfortunately, though, the transition has been hampered by confusion in the literature. Reasons for this confusion are explored along with a challenge to rectify the situation. RÈSUMÈ Cet article établit une distinction cruciale entre les deux concepts de formation des maîtres d'un part et de formation du corps enseignant de l'autre. D'aucuns soutiennent que le titre d'un programme doit traduire fidèlement le titre d'un établissement. Cela explique que l'expression "formation des maîtres" ait pu convenir à l'époque où les appellations d'"école normale" et de "collège de formation" étaient en vogue. Toutefois, avec l'avènement du collège universitaire, il semble souhaitable de remplacer l'expression "formation des maîtres" par la nouvelle expression "formation du corps enseignant". Malheureusement, cette transition a donné lieu à toutes sortes de confusions dans la littérature. Nous analysons les motifs de cette confusion et proposons des moyens de remédier à la situation.Downloads
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1986-09-01
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O’Neill, G. P. (1986). TEACHER EDUCATION OR TEACHER TRAINING: WHICH IS IT?. McGill Journal of Education / Revue Des Sciences De l’éducation De McGill, 21(003). Retrieved from https://mje.mcgill.ca/article/view/7682
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