TITLE:
Professional Training: Crucial Need to Enhance the Efficacy of Preschool Teachers in the Context of Bangladesh
AUTHORS:
Rojina Khandaker
KEYWORDS:
Teacher’s Efficacy, Preschool Teacher, Teacher’s Training, Teacher’s Professional Development, Preschool of Bangladesh
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Access Library Journal,
Vol.8 No.9,
September
27,
2021
ABSTRACT: Preschool Education level plays a vital role in shaping up the early young aged children emotionally, socially and academically. Preschool teachers are directly involved with this holistic process and display a pivotal part to develop children into good human beings. The professional training helps to develop the efficacy and competency of teachers while executing the responsibilities in this stage. Thereby, this paper highlights and discusses the importance and necessity of professional trainings (pre-service and in-service) of preschool teachers with expected output and better performance from a trained professional. The literature reviews stated global best practices of pre-service and in-service professional trainings of preschool teachers. The pattern of trainings available in different countries and related researches of early childhood education are mentioned here. The training, practices and limitations of pre-primary or preschool level in Bangladesh are discussed. To develop the self-efficacy amongst the preschool teachers, recommendations are cited based on possible trainings and modules, which can be arranged in perspective of Bangladesh. Necessary trainings might be planned, organized and executed with the help of Governments (Education Ministry), stakeholders, educators and expert personnel.