teacher training

Learning to instruct

Teacher training is the formal preparation of people to become teachers, typically through coursework in pedagogy, subject matter, and supervised classroom practice.

The term covers everything from undergraduate education programs to certification courses for career changers: She completed her teacher training before starting at the elementary school.

In British usage, teacher training often refers specifically to postgraduate programs.

Opposites
preparation vs. practice

teacher trainingclassroom teaching

Education in school setting

teaching practice · professional practice · field work · teaching experience · student teaching

process vs. credential

teacher trainingteaching credential

Educator's professional license

teaching certificate · teaching degree · teaching license · teaching diploma · professional certification

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