Comparative Analysis of Quality of Student Teachers’ Performance in India and Latvia

Abstract

Problem Statement: For modernisation of teacher education and training, teachers’ efficacy, effectiveness and efficiency of educational process, classroom management including classroom discipline, etc have been analysed. Against this background, quality of student teachers’ performance in the classroom is essentially required as it determines the destiny of their future classrooms as well as teacher education and training. However, in the era of education industrialisation, application of such a method as the six sigma DMAIC method, which is well-known in industrial units, to the analysis of quality of student teachers’ performance in the classroom has not been widely practised. Purpose of the Study: This analytic paper is aimed at depicting the quality of student teachers’ performance in the classroom which is of prime concern for the purpose of enhancing the academic quality via the six sigma DMAIC method. Methods: The meaning of the key concepts of six sigma DMAIC analysis and quality of student teachers’ performance in the classroom are studied. A comparative study was used in the present contribution. This comparative study checked the relevancy of the six sigma quality method which has been widely used in the industrial units and its use in academic research which is very sparse. The empirical studies were conducted at Dr. Sivanthi Aditanar College of Education in India and University of Latvia in Latvia in 2014. Findings and Results: The research findings allow drawing the conclusions on the quality of student teachers’ performance in the classroom in India and Latvia. Conclusions and Recommendations: Theoretical findings based on the analysis of scientific literature allow drawing the conclusions on the relevancy of use of the DMAIC method of the six sigma methodology in teacher education as the six sigma methodology and quality are inter-connected (Lakshminarayanan & Ramanakumar, 2014). Advantages of use of the DMAIC method of the six sigma methodology are identified. Directions of further research are proposed.