Abstract:
The demand for qualified teachers has been constantly on the increase all over the
world. Quite naturally, the teacher education programs have gained renewed
importance. It has become indispensable that the effort and resources assembled to
teacher education should be effective and sustainable. In Turkey, with the
foundation of republic, challenging changes occurred in accordance with the
state’s fundamental policy. Yet, these changes were temporal and conducted to
just save the day. Moreover, they were limited to alter the teacher education
program and inadequate in terms of sustainability. In this framework, the
developed countries have focused on developing standards and establishing
accreditation process to ensure sustainable the quality in teacher education. This
has also influenced Turkey and since 1990s, the standard development studies in
teacher education have been carried out and an accreditation process has been
initiated. However, the researches and applications regarding these standards and
accreditation process have not adequately been conducted. This study aims at
pointing the standard development studies and accreditation process in teacher
education in Turkey in order to gain insight about this standard development
process and the current state.
