Becoming a Primary School Teacher in Trinidad & Tobago, Part 1: The Curriculum in the Teachers' Colleges (CIE, 2000, 49 p.)

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Multi-Site Teacher Education Research Project (MUSTER)

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

Abstract

Chapter 1: Background to the Study

1.1 Introduction

1.2 The Teacher Training Institutions

1.3 Entry Requirements for the Teaching Service at the Primary Level

1.4 On-the-Job Training

1.5 Selection of Trainees for the Teachers' Colleges

1.6 The Staff at the Teachers' Colleges

1.7 The Teaching/Learning Environment

1.8 Purpose of the Study

1.9 Organisation of the Report

Chapter 2: The Curriculum - Documented and Espoused

2.1 Introduction

2.2 The General Curriculum

2.3 Detailed analysis of the core courses

2.4 Assessment Procedures

2.5 Summary of Curriculum Issues

Chapter 3: Trainees' In-College Learning Experiences

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Literary Studies: Valsayn

3.3 Literary Studies: Corinth

3.4 Science: Valsayn

3.5 Mathematics: Valsayn

3.6 Mathematics: Corinth

3.7 Summary

Chapter 4: Summary and Discussion

4.1 The Research Questions

4.2 Discussion

References