Strengths and Weaknesses of the Romanian Pre-service Training System in Prospective Secondary-school Teachers’ View

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the current Romanian pre-service training system for secondary teachers. Drawing on recent proposals regarding teacher education, put forth by the EU, and on Romanian legal and curricular provisions in force, a small scale questionnaire-survey was conducted in order to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the framework in use, in prospective secondary-school teachers’ view. The subjects’ answers highlight the good and bad points of the Romanian teacher education system, leading us to the conclusion that the prospective secondary-school teachers’ view is realistic and giving us the opportunity to make some recommendations.