Exam 20: Teacher Standards

When measured against the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers, teachers who are recognised as being highly effective, skilled classroom practitioners are accredited as:

The 'first wave' of professional standards for teachers in the 1990s was largely:

The use of competency-based standards does not emphasise:

Louden (2000) argued that the 'first wave' of standards frameworks developed in the 1990s were deficient in:

A national Competency Framework for Beginning Teachers was developed as part of the:

The National Institute for Quality Teaching and School Leadership was established in 2003 and renamed Teaching Australia in:

The time between approval of a 'National Framework for Professional Standards of Teaching' in 2003 and the release of a final set of standards was:

How do Gonczi, Hager and Oliver (1990) define a 'competent professional' and why do attributes need to underlie the concept of 'competence'?

An area of professional practice that requires a high degree of professional performance is called a:

Preston and Kennedy (1994) criticised the language of the Draft Competency Framework for Teaching (1993) as:

In the National Standards and Guidelines for Initial Teacher Education (ACDE, 1998) an example of Standard 14 'working in schools and systems' would be to:

What are two advantages and two disadvantages of competency-based teaching?

In a comparison of the General Capabilities (ACAR, 2011) and Key Competencies (Mayer, 1992), the Key Competency 'Solving problems' is similar to the General Capability:

Is the following statement True or False? 'Any assessment of a graduate teacher against all focus areas for each of the 7 standards would require the collection of data on 37 elements.'

Is the following statement True or False? 'The standard "Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments" is included in the domain "Professional Engagement".'

The Domains of Teaching in the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers do not include:

Provide an overview of the key components of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers and explain what each will mean for you as a beginning teacher. Choose one 'focus area' and one 'descriptor for graduate teachers' from Standard 1 'Know students and how they learn' (see Table 20.5 on p. 414) and use it to reflect on what you have already done that demonstrates that focus area and what you will need to do in the future to be able to better demonstrate it.

What are the various elements and emphases of competency-based standards and what are the advantages and disadvantages of competency-based teaching?

Why was it so difficult to produce a conceptual structure for national standards for the teaching profession?

The objectives of Teaching Australia did not include to: