THE PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES OF THE 21ST CENTURY SCHOOL TEACHER

TitleTHE PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES OF THE 21ST CENTURY SCHOOL TEACHER
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2010
AuthorsKobalia, K, Garakanidze, E
JournalProblems of Education in the 21st Century
Volume20
Start Page104-108
Date PublishedApril/2010
Type of ArticleOriginal article
ISSN1822-7864
Other NumbersICID: 909746
Keywordsteacher preparation, teacher training
Abstract

According to the demands of many educational reforms, a teacher should not only be a provider of knowledge and skills, but also have a positive attitude towards innovations, feel the necessity for self-education, and adopt a student centered teaching approach. Teachers are expected to develop professional skills and always try to be "an effective model of competence" (Bruner, 1976). For example, an examination of education students found that the main emphasis in their preparedness was subject area knowledge. Students did not report a focus on the personality traits. This study reports data gathered from education graduates about their perceptions of the level and extent of professional competence experienced during their preparation. This study has been carried out to reveal the interaction quality between the professionally valuable competences and the consequences of teaching process.

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