TEDNS: Teacher Educator Development Needs Study

Abstract

<p><b>Purpose</b></p><p>This report presents a summary of the major findings of the Teacher Educator Development Needs Study (TEDNS) to the Directors of the participating Teacher Education Institutes (TEI). The TEDNS is one of the major research projects of the Philippine National Research Centre for Teacher Quality (RCTQ). The Centre conducts research to provide technical support in the implementation of the K to 12 Reform in the Philippines.</p><p>The objective of the TEDNS is to provide evidence-based findings and recommendations to inform professional development of academic staff in TEIs in the Philippines. The TEDNS is the third of three, closely linked, major studies concerned with improving teacher quality in the Philippines. The other two studies, which have already been reported on, are the Teacher Development Needs Study (TDNS) and the Pre-Service Teacher Development Needs Study (PTDNS.) The former is directed at providing an empirically sound evidence base for in-service development of DepEd teachers, and the latter at providing an empirically robust foundation for curriculum and syllabus development in the TEIs.</p><p>The TEDNS project is also closely linked to a large suite of studies conducted by RCTQ which have led to the specification of new standards for Philippine teachers called the Philippine Professional Standards for Teachers (PPST.) The new standards will inform teacher selection, development and promotion within DepEd and will be reflected in TEI curricula and syllabi.</p>