When we talk about primary or secondary education system, we're absolutely sure that teachers need some training before they start performing their duties. In higher education, at least in my country, the most for a person is to be a professional in his/her field. Of course, we have PhD programs that include some courses in higher education. I wonder if every higher education professional shoud have some training (on-the-job training).
I think that not only in primary and secondary education system, it's very important. In our case (Cuba) specially In higher education, in our country we have PhD and Msc programs that include some courses in higher education in some cuban universities.
Best regards, Octavio
I suppose this is an essential need. Otherwise we will still continue to foster a technicist approach on higher education. Additionally, this segmented education, which separates knowledge in many parts (e.g. education versus technology) creates an academic environment where individuals might face that there is no need to know about educational theories, Developmental Psychology or even to reflect about Human Sciences. According to some scholars like Edgar Morin, this type of technicist education helps in the creation of individuals' who lack the ability to deeply reflect about something.
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