Improving teacher education curriculum in vietnam in myint swe khine, yang liu (eds), handbook of research on teacher education innovations and practices in asia

Improving teacher education curriculum in Vietnam Nam Danh Nguyen, Quang Hong Pham Thai Nguyen University, Tan Thinh Ward, Thai Nguyen City, 250000, Vietnam E-mail: danhnam.nguyen@tnu.edu.vn Abstract The requirement of the fourth Industrial Revolution and reforming general education curriculum is to improve the quality of the teacher education curriculum This chapter poses some issues related to the curriculum development in Vietnam such as curriculum approach, teacher education model, future teacher competencies, barriers in developing the curriculum, limitations of the system of the teacher education institutions, and implications for a better curriculum Because of the trend of globalization, teacher education institutions need to train teachers to have the ability to develop learner competencies In other words, the teacher education curriculum would play an important role in the context of educational reforms to meet the requirements of future human resources This chapter also focuses on the competence-based approach in improving teacher education programs and proposes some strategies for changing teacher education philosophy, enhancing training objectives and contents of the teacher education curriculum so that it could meet the new demand of the teacher labor market Keywords Curriculum, curriculum development, teacher education, teacher training, teacher education institution  ... focuses on the competence-based approach in improving teacher education programs and proposes some strategies for changing teacher education philosophy, enhancing training objectives and contents of. .. development in Vietnam such as curriculum approach, teacher education model, future teacher competencies, barriers in developing the curriculum, limitations of the system of the teacher education institutions,... the teacher education curriculum so that it could meet the new demand of the teacher labor market Keywords Curriculum, curriculum development, teacher education, teacher training, teacher education