A Study of Enhancing Quality of Teacher Education: Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation and Technology Integration

Hamutoğlu N. B., Özden Ş. Y., Elmas M.

TURKISH STUDIES - EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES, cilt.15, sa.4, ss.2671-2690, 2020 (Hakemli Dergi)

Özet

Teacher training policies are on the agenda of most of the developed countries. The fact that the issues related to teacher education are at the top of the agenda at the global level gives an international impetus to the studies related to improving the quality of teacher education. Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) is one of the most important accreditation institutions that work on this level at the global level. Accordingly, taking into consideration of the CAEP, which has a strong and rich accreditation history of teacher education programs, in this study, it is aimed to examine the accreditation efforts aimed at improving the quality of teacher education programs in Turkey. This study explores the following questions: 1. What is the purpose of CAEP? 2. How is the CAEP accreditation process? 3. What are the standards of CAEP? 4. What is the place of technology integration in the CAEP accreditation process? 5. What are the institutions accredited by CAEP outside of the United States of America (USA)? What is the importance of these institutions in terms of education? 6. Why is the accreditation of teacher training institutions in Turkey important? In light of these questions, this study provides recommendations to improve the quality of teacher training programs in Turkey.