Need to Restructure Teacher Education in India with reference to Globalization and Localization

Abstract

Globalization is a feeling that the individual is not only a member of his/her state, but a citizen of the world and subsequently teacher education should reflect this global outlook. Now the question arises: How teachers' education can be transformed from a traditional country bound training program to a new globalized teachers’ education?  One of the global challenges which are appearing in this context is to have a gestalt development of any country with all its special cultural identity together with globalization. Only globalization of education is inadequate without localization to pay attention towards the preserving of cultures. It should treat each unique culture and society with due respect, realizing that global education is not only learning about all innovations occurred globally, but also studying different cultures of the world and maintaining them as a cultural heritage of universe. This paper is an attempt to analyze the present position of teacher education in the context of globalization and to explore the need and ways to restructure and redefine teacher education with reference to globalization and localization. It concludes that restructuring teachers' education with reference to globalization and localization is an urgent need so that we may get such teachers who not only will possess world class knowledge but also right attitude to work and live with open mindedness, and will take them forward in global scenario for the welfare of mankind.