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Do Managerial Skills Address Quality Issues in Teacher Education – An Introspection
Subramonian, G., & Muthaiah, N.
ABSTRACT
Management of education is an integral part of the total education system. Providing good quality education
to the
masses at an affordable cost should be the utmost concern of a developing country. Leadership in TQM
requires a
continuous cultural change, and all the members need to be guided through that change. So the concept of
leadership
needs to follow some requirement in TQM environment. For the present study, investigators selected the
Principals
(Head of the Institution) in various Colleges of Education (Teacher Training Colleges) in Tamil Nadu state
was chosen.
The investigator used random sampling technique for the study. Principals Institutional Perception Scale
(PIPS) was
used for the study. Analysis of data deals with analysis of perception of Principals on quality indicators
and inter
correlation study of all the quality indicators. The major implication of the study was, Innovation in
teaching,
promotion of research, participation of teachers in innovative programs must be made as part and parcel of
any teacher
education program. Student centered approach and need based approach should be followed in planning for
curricular and
co-curricular activities of teacher education program.
Keywords: Managerial Skills, Quality Issues, Teacher Education, Educational Leadership,
Introspection
This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License
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in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
How to cite this article: Subramonian, G., & Muthaiah, N. (2015). Do Managerial Skills Address Quality
Issues in
Teacher Education – An Introspection. Indian Educational Researcher, 8(2), 3–12.
Received: October 26, 2015;
Revision Received: November 1, 2015;
Accepted: December 20, 2015.
Responding Author: Subramonian, G. @ subramonian@gmail.com
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Published in Volume 8, Issue 2, July – December, 2015