Quality in Teacher Education. Assessing Quality of Primary Teacher Education in Private Higher Education Institutions of Ethiopia

      Аннотация: Teacher education is now at the center of educational priorities in Ethiopia. It is stated in the Ethiopian Educational and Training Policy (1994) for the introduction of far reaching changes in the system of education in the county for its qualitative improvement. Hence, one of the three areas of special attention and priority of action that the document has given is Teacher Education (focuses on teacher training and professional development of teachers). Based on this, the main objective of this study was to examine the influence of input and process related factors on the quality of Primary Teacher Education in Private Teacher Education Institutions. The finding of the study shows that primary teacher education faced serious problem of quality in Private Teacher Education Institutions.

Ключевые слова: teacher education