Teacher Competencies and Use of Innovative Techniques for Improving Classroom Practices: A Discussion (original) (raw)

Learning Community-An International Journal of Educational and Social Development, 2011

Abstract

As we know, as a teacher, our main aim is to make students learn effectively and efficiently. For doing so, a teacher has to do several activities such as plan properly, provide effective instruction and evaluate the learning using appropriate methods and techniques. That means a teacher has to perform a host of activities inside and outside the classroom. We also know that effectiveness and ineffectiveness of teaching is closely linked to teacher' s competencies. Competencies are the requirements of a competency based teacher education, which includes knowledge, skills, and values the trainee teacher, must demonstrate for successful completion of the teacher education programme (Houstan, 1987). Teacher competencies may be characterized as- 1) A competency consists of one or more skills whose mastery would influence the attainment of the competency. 2) A competency has its linkage with all the three domains under which performance can be assessed. It covers the domains of knowle...

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