STEM Education Institute Tuesday Seminar
“Improving Postsecondary Teacher Preparation in Afghanistan”
Joseph Berger
Educational Policy Research & Administration, University of Massachusetts
The Afghanistan Higher Education Project (HEP) focuses on the re-development and strengthening of the capacity of the education system by focusing on improved teaching and capacity building at the tertiary level. The intended results include improved quality pre-service and in-service teacher education for secondary school teachers. The HEP team is charged with developing leadership, staff capacity and the structures and systems within the Faculties of Education and the Ministry of Higher Education to spearhead the i) rebuilding of secondary and higher education; and ii) creating a national system of pre-service education and in-service professional development to support secondary education teachers, school administrators, and faculty in seventeen four-year tertiary institutions.