Professional Development of Teachers: Learning from Singapore's Teacher Education System

This paper looks at the Teacher Education practices followed in Singapore which make it one of the best education systems in the world. In this paper, Teacher Education of Singapore is viewed from three various areas, that are, pre-teacher training phase, pre-service teacher training phase and in-service teacher training phase. The aim of this paper is to learn from Singapore’s teacher education system and incorporatethe learningsas needed in a particular education system based on their local needs and demographics