Abstract
The National Institute for Educational Policy Research, Japan, conducted a study of teacher quality and competency and the achievement goals in the pre-service stage, as part of its project research 2013-2014 on the improvement of teacher training. This report reviews the characteristic features and findings of the research. Regarding teacher quality and competency, it proposes a framework consisting of five factors: quality and competency, knowledge and understanding about the teaching profession, knowledge and understating about subjects, practical abilities, and research abilities. Regarding achievement goals in the teacher training stage, achievement goals were posited in elementary school teacher training and secondary school teacher training in mathematics and physical education. The proposed achievement goals should be regarded as samples and await further empirical examination based on practice and further discussion.
