BTE2601-Becoming A Teacher summary study notes. Being a good teacher requires:
Life-long learning and implies that you need to take charge of
your personal and professional development.
Teachers usually face some challenges while in the process of
teaching and learning, like
Limited time
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BTE 2601
STUDY NOTES
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CHAPTER ONE – THE TEACHER AS A REFLECTIVE PRACTITIONER
Being a good teacher requires:
Life-long learning and implies that you need to take charge of
your personal and professional development.
Teachers usually face some challenges while in the process of
teaching and learning, like
Limited time
Confidence
Shortage of resources and
Overloaded curriculum
Reflection and reflective practise
, Reflection is the process of checking how much knowledge you
already have.
Reflective is the process of comparing the existing knowledge with
the one.
Reflection means thinking that is focused and purposeful which aims
to deepen the understanding and to inform further thought and
action.
There two types of reflection. Which are…
Reflection in action : while one is engaged in practise
Reflection on action : planning, thinking ahead and how to
respond.
Pedagogical content knowledge
pedagogical knowledge- is your own knowledge mixed together with
other knowledge.
Content knowledge – is the knowledge found in written books and
other things.
Differences between pedagogical and content knowledge
Pedagogical knowledge Content knowledge
1. Legal responsibilities Grammatical knowledge
2. Classroom management Classroom language proficience
3. How to work with multi- Passion of a subject
level class.
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