One of the essential dimensions of the National Education Development Plan is the "YÖK (Higher Education Council) / World Bank Pre-Service Teacher Training Project". The purpose of the work, which was started in 1994, has been revised and expanded in 1996 so as to ensure renovation in the teacher training system.
As a result of the work carried out by the MONE and YÖK in cooperation, under the project, a restructuring has taken place in education faculties.
1.1. RE-ORGANIZATION OF TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS OF EDUCATION FACILITIES
The teacher training programs organized for the training of teachers needed in the short- and long-term for the primary and secondary education institutions have been reorganized with the cooperation of the MONE and YÖK, taking the need for teachers arising due to the continuous compulsory eight year education introduced by Law No: 4306 into account.
With the new organization put into practice in the academic year 1998 - 1999; decisions have been taken to have:
- Undergraduate education of pre-primary and primary school teachers,
- Secondary education teachers;
- 4 years undergraduate education for Foreign Language, Music, Drawing, Physical Education, Special Education, Computer and Teaching Technologies teachers,
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Teachers of Science, Maths and Social Fields to have Graduate Degree without thesis (3,5+1,5=5 years) and (4+1,5=5,5 years) options
- In order to make use of a teacher in one more than one field, the teachers in primary education schools shall be subject to second major implementation.
New certificate programs have been started in line with the reorganization in the education faculties under the cooperation of the MONE and YÖK, taking the need for teachers due to implementation of eight-year compulsory primary education in order to reorient the teachers to fields where there is shortage.
Starting from 1997-1998 academic year;
Are being implemented.
In 1998-1999 academic year, in 34 education faculties certificate programs have been opened.
making up a total of 13.419 participated.
After the evaluations, pre-primary education teachers certificate program was ended starting from 01.06.2000 and the scope of Primary School (Class) teachers certificate program has been narrowed. Accordingly, in the education faculties;
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The surplus of graduates from the above departments and graduates of the below majors from education sciences faculty and education science departments of education faculties;
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may apply for primary school (class) teachers certificate program. He certificate program for English teachers continues as it is.
A study group has been set up, composing of the representatives of the MONE and the related teacher training higher education institutions for accreditation, which refers to a quality guarantee system enabling each child to be trained by a qualified teacher. This group has carried out its work in the schools of education of METU, Anatolian, Çukurova, Gazi, Dokuz Eylül and Black Sea Technical Universities, which have been selected as pilot institutions.
1.4. TEACHER PROFICIENCY INDICATORS
Studies on “Determination of Teacher Proficiency Indicators” by the commissions consisting of related units of MONE and university representatives are continuing. These proficiencies shall be used;
1.5. NATIONAL EDUCATION ACADEMY
In the National Education Academy established within YÖK in order to support the programs implemented in higher education institutions raising teachers, to evaluate and to develop these programs and to activate as advisory body in making the decisions of YÖK on teacher training, MONE is represented by General Director of Teacher Training and Education, General Director of Higher Education, General Director of Personnel, Department Head of On-the-job Training and Vice-General Director of Board of Discipline and Education.
1.6. ENGLISH TEACHERS’ TRAINING PROJECT
In order to meet the necessity of English teachers, a protocol signed between Eskiţehir Anatolia University and MONE signed on 28.02.2000 put into effect the “English Teachers Training Project”.
In this context;
In this context, according to the Project;
1.7. PRESCHOOL EDUCATION TEACHERS’ TRAINING PROJECT
It is observed that number of teachers with related majors is low in preschool education. Within the faculties under various universities, there are 28 departments raising preschool education teachers but the 957 teachers to be graduated from these schools in 1999-2000 academic year shall not be sufficient to cover the deficit. For this reason, with the protocol signed between Anatolia University and MONE on 25.01.2000, project for “Raising Teachers for Preschool Education Institutions” was initiated.
As envisioned in this project, if the students graduated from child development and education departments of vocational high schools for girls get 105 or more points in the university exam, they shall be enrolled in two-year program at Anatolia University, Faculty of Open Learning and at the same time they may be appointed as expert teaching staff without cadre in their domicile according to the legislation. After the two-year education, they can be appointed as expert teaching staff and after undergraduate education as preschool education teacher. Although this project is planned to be implemented for three years, it may be extended in case of necessity.
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