Abstract This paper uses a randomized controlled experiment in which farmers trained on new rice cultivation method teach two other farmers. The results show that the intervention increases yields and farm profits among treated Teacher-trainees are effective at spreading knowledge inducing adoption relative to just training. Incentivizing teacher-trainees improves transmission but not adoption....

Analysis of initial teacher training (ITT) student data relating to the University of Huddersfield part-time in-service Cert Ed/PGCE over a three-year period has revealed significant change in the make-up of trainee cohorts. There has been an increase in younger trainees and in trainees very new to teaching, although more experienced and older trainees do continue to enrol. There has also been ...

Improvement in the quality of teacher education programs, especially in higher education, is an important issue. Failure to have an efficient teacher education program could lead to the training of graduates who are not prepared for the realities of the classroom. Accordingly, in an attempt to help improve the present situa- tion of teacher education programs especially at the graduate le...

BACKGROUND Skills-lab training as a methodological teaching approach is nowadays part of the training programs of almost all medical faculties. Specific ingredients have been shown to contribute to a successful learning experience in skills-labs. Although it is undoubted that the instructional approach used to introduce novel clinical technical skills to learners has a decisive impact on subseq...

The gradual change from the position of a teacher-trainee to role teacher depends on effective teamwork between educational institutions and wider education community. Hence, this<strong> </strong>study ascertained relationship field practices college deans, supervising instructors, school principals, teachers teaching performance teacher-trainees. A descriptive-correlational study ...