Chapter 7: Role of Teacher Educators and Teachers in the Attainment of Inclusive and Quality Education

Defining quality education is a complex undertaking as education is embedded in the cultural, political and economic environment of a country. Furthermore, quality education appears to be a contested term as it is interpreted differently based on the level at which action is required. At the international level of action, however, quality is based on three fundamental principles: the need for education to be relevant; allowing for greater equity of access and outcome and for education to ensure proper observance of individual rights (EFA, 2005). Slade (2017), in outlining the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development’s position on quality, noted that