Preparing Teachers for the 21st century: Draft report of the working group on primary preservice teacher education.
The BEd programme should be extended to four years.
Teacher-training colleges to restructure present education programme.
Plans for restructuring to be submitted to an expert Department of Education group; this will respond within six months.
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New courses to deal with new primary curriculum including Social Environmental and Scientific Education (SESE) and Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE).
Add new academic subjects including science, PE and modern languages.
Fewer lectures for students, more independent work.
Increase attention given to the teaching of literacy and numeracy.