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by Nihal Cooray Director General National Authority on Teacher Education

In the light of such evidence, Shulman (1987) has concluded that 'the only time a physician (doctor) could possibly encounter a situation of comparable complexity (to that of the teacher) would be in an emergency room of a hospital during or after a natural disaster'. In such complex and uncertain situations informed decision-making ability is as critical, as difficult and as challenging in teaching as it is in any other professional area and training in decision-making is as important in teacher education as it is in any other forms of professional preparation.
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