@The Teacher Training Research Center was established in April 2005 as a common university educational and research institution, with the Integrated Center for Education Research and Training (part of the Faculty of Education) having been dissolved.@The new Centerfs mission is to improve the teacher training programs within the university and make lasting contributions to the development of educational potential in the local region. @The Center consists of three research departments, teacher-training, clinical psychology and clinical education, and the staff comprise a director and six full-time faculty members whose duties include curricular design, teacher training program research and development, student guidance, psychoeducational counseling, and supporting a variety of activities in school education. @ |