About the Book

Education of teachers not only facilitates improvement of school education by preparing competent, committed and professionally well qualified teachers who can meet the demand of the system, but also functions as a bridge between schooling and higher education. India possesses one of the largest systems of teacher education which has come under considerable pressure as a result of the expansion and growth of school education through efforts like Universalization of Elementary Education. After Implementation of Right to Education (RTE) Act the crises of competent teachers has increased manifold. The authors of this book have dealt various issues, challenges regarding training of teachers and also suggested innovative methods and technologies to make it effective. This book will be vary useful for those who are interested in knowing role of ICT for improvement of teacher education program and also the innovative pedagogic approaches and new trends in field of education. It also includes and critically analyses the process of preparation of teachers of children with special needs in India and answers many questions
pertaining to teacher education in India. In this book all the chapters are contributed by the respective  authors and we acknowledge their contributions.