Firstly, we have to answer to some questions: What is teaching?
Teaching is a the range of professional duties performed by teachers is wide and extensive. At the heart of a teacher's role is the promotion of learning for all pupils.
Secondly, What skills do teachers need?
Thirdly, What do trainee teachers have to achieve?
The standards cover three areas:
Teaching is a the range of professional duties performed by teachers is wide and extensive. At the heart of a teacher's role is the promotion of learning for all pupils.
Secondly, What skills do teachers need?
- know how to employ the most effective teaching and learning strategies to enable children and young people to make progress
- be able to assess what their pupils know, understand and can do, and then use this assessment to plan future teaching and learning activities
- have high expectations for all their pupils, of whatever class, race, gender or ability
- know how to motivate their pupils - to do this, they need to be effective role models for the pupils they teach.
Thirdly, What do trainee teachers have to achieve?
The standards cover three areas:
- professional values and practice
- knowledge and understanding
- teaching.