シンガポールにおける教員養成と現職研修のプログラムについて

―NIEでの調査を手がかりに―

抄録

This study examines the program and contents of the teacher training in Singapore's National Institute of Education (NIE). As a part of the study of the program and its content, a survey was also conducted on In-service training. The following three points have been discovered to be applicable to teacher education in Japan.

The first point suggests a way to improve practice teaching system in Japan. In Singapore, practice teaching involves a mentor and a novice teacher working together at the same school. All the participants in the practice teaching program work closely together to develop students' educational experience. Based on this observation, it appears necessary to reexamination of Japan's practice teaching program to develop one in which all those involved are connected more closely.

The second point suggests an establishment of a teaching professional standard. In Japan, the recent year's educational reforms call for a teacher training program which clearly establishes teacher professional. In Singapore, the national standards for teacher education were first established in 2005 and revised in 2009. Japanese universities need to set and enforce the standards necessary to establish qualifications of future teachers.

The third point advocates the establishment of an individualized training program. In Singapore, according to a teacher's abilities and qualifications, a grade is prepared along with an appropriate training program In Japan, graduate schools which accept qualified in service teachers should be beneficial.