Teacher Education Program and the Challenges of Quality and Equality in Education

Abstract

Education is important. We heard these words many times in our lives. That is one of the reasons why our parents send us to school. Education is not only an important foundation in our lives but also the basic human right. Teacher is playing an important role in education. It is our challenge as higher education institution for producing the best teachers. We will take a look at how a small country like Finland has been able to be the top in education and the passion it has for the equality in education for all. Through this paper you will find how serious it is the government of Finland to select and educate students to become teachers through the teacher education program at universities. It is given the responsibility to the teachers to actually make their own curriculum. They keep adapting the challenges of education in the 21^st century. As a multicultural country we need to prepare ourselves to the challenges that we will face now and in the future.