The Role of Education Faculties in Teacher Education & Development, Research and Community Service

GNDE is inviting comments and participation in the development of its position paper on the role of education faculties/schools of education in preparing and developing teachers, research and community service.

Please go to the draft position paper to add your edits of comments, or send any general comments to Doug McCall at coordinator@education-deans,org

Highlights from the current draft include
  • The paper is framed around three concepts; The Whole Teacjer, the Whole Career and the Whole Profession
  • The paper is based on two basis points made in the GNDE Paper on the roile of of education facuylties in promoting high quality education and school systems.

    Premise 1 "The teacher is the single most important element of the learning process at the school level that can be most easily and effectively supported through public and professional investments. The local school district or education authority,  is the most vital agency responsible for hiring teachers and providing positive work environments and opportunities for ongoing professional development in cooperation with their local teacher unions.

    Premise 2: Faculties or schools of education are the single most important element of the workforce development process that creates a pool of qualified, effective and dedicated teachers for local education authorities and education systems. Initial teacher education programs recruit candidates into the profession, provide and certify their initial training and additional qualifications, help to induct and retain teachers in the system, provide timely and relevant research on teaching and learning to guide curriculum development and implementation as well as other school and professional practices. Education faculties offer career pathways for recruiting prospective teachers from or to serve minority, isolated and disadvantaged communities or for upgrading the skills and capacities of those assigned to teach without adequate preparation due to ad-hoc or short-term strategies responding to emergency or other circumstances."  (From McCall, D., Eloff, I., O’Meara, J.G.  (2023).  The Global Agenda for Quality Education: the critical role of Faculties of Education.  In: Villanueva, S.A. & Huber, T. (Eds).  Global Citizenship Education at TAMIU: Elevating Education at the Frontera.  Charlotte: Information Age Publishing.


Read, comment and edit the draft paper here.
A global network...
  • led by regional and national associations
  • linked with global networks concerned with education
  • offering faculty leaders an opportunity to collaborate and contribute
  • promoting equity and educational success through selected global initiatives

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