In order to develop elementary teachers` professionalism, teacher education programs should be reorganized rather than teacher education systems. Accordingly, this study aimed at investigating the three teacher education programs, with which are repre...
In order to develop elementary teachers` professionalism, teacher education programs should be reorganized rather than teacher education systems. Accordingly, this study aimed at investigating the three teacher education programs, with which are representative of the elementary teacher education models: the model of a `National University of Education`, the model of a `Department of Elementary Education in College of Education` Ewha Womans University, and the model of an `Elementary Teacher Education Course` in Paderborn University in Germany, The practices and the problems of the three teacher education programs were analyzed and compared. The study resulted in a plan to improve the quality of the elementary school teachers.