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As the global landscape evolves, there is a strong push for educators to examine and incorporate within the education system the competencies paramount for survival in the twenty-first century. There is a need to prepare students to face the ever-changing demands and challenges of the twenty-first century global workplace and society. In 2009, the National Institute of Education, Singapore undertook a systematic review of its teacher education programmes in partnership with the Ministry of Education and the schools, using the revised National Curriculum and 21st century competencies (21CC) as a key guide. This collective and systemic effort led to the articulation of a set of Graduand Teacher Competencies outlining the professional standards, benchmarks and goals for graduands of the initial teacher preparation programmes. This chapter focuses on the outcome of the review – Teacher Education Model for the 21st century (TE21) and the key changes which help to translate the theoretical recommendations of TE21 into actual implementation.
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The authors would like to acknowledge the contributions of A/P Woon Chia Liu and A/P Kam Ming Lim when parts of these contents were written up as a speech for presentation at the International Summit of the Teaching Profession 2012. We would also like to acknowledge MOE for the use of Figs. 4.1 and 4.3; NIE's Strategic Planning & Corporate Services for the use of Figs. 4.2, 4.4 and 4.5 in this chapter; and Mr Jarrod Tam Chun Peng for the photography of the Collaborative Classroom in Fig. 4.6.
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Lee, S.K., Low, E.L. (2014). Conceptualising Teacher Preparation for Educational Innovation: Singapore’s Approach. In: Lee, S., Lee, W., Low, E. (eds) Educational Policy Innovations. Education Innovation Series. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4560-08-5_4
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