Professionalism among the Pupil Teachers: A six - sigma Approach in Teacher Education Seema Dhawan Abstract:ducation is a process of acquiring and being able to apply knowledge. It also refers to the process of learning. It is very contextual and qualitative in nature. Today, in the technologically advanced scenario,quality education is the paramount need of every nation. It is the responsibility of teachers to provide opportunities, nurtu re capabilities and maximize learning for quality output. They should acquire professionalism. Possessing professionalism through experiences during service period is very risky, time consuming and might not be successful while, inculcating these skills during pre service training could be promising and quality oriented.As training is entirely different from teaching, it is the molding up of personality according to the desired or required skills for that particular job world, it must inculcate professionalism among the trainers. It is thus inevitable to make teachers understand the requirements of the teaching profession.Therefore, an attempt was taken to design an innovative assessment process for the performance of pupil teachers. This design is based on six sigma approach used for quality management. The project was conducted in a Self Financed Teachers Education Institute, Yamunanagar. It was carried on 56 pupil teachers studying in the institute. Mixed type of approach was used for data collection.The result shows very promising achievements. The work recommends six sigma approaches in education sector for quality output. srjis/srjis_new/images/articles/Nov-Dec2013/1%20Dr.%20Seema%20Dhawan.pdf
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