PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS FOR TEACHERS: A PRE-SERVICE TEACHER DEVELOPMENTAL CONTINUUM DOMAIN 1: PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE Standard 1 Know students and how they learn Focus Novice Emerging Graduate Communicates an understanding of Realises that physical, social and Demonstrate knowledge and child development and infrequently intellectual development and understanding of physical, social Physical, social and intellectual relates this knowledge to planning for characteristics of students may and intellectual development and and facilitating learning. affect learning and attempts to characteristics of students and how development and characteristics of apply this understanding when these may affect learning. students planning for and facilitating learning. Sees learning as an expected outcome Begins to draw on knowledge of Demonstrate knowledge and of teaching: not yet able to plan current research into how understanding of research into 1.2 Understand how students learn teaching based on an understanding of students learn when planning how students learn and the research into how students learn. for teaching. implications for teaching. Discusses the diverse linguistic, Begins to plan teaching Demonstrate knowledge of cultural, religious and socioeconomic strategies that will meet the teaching strategies that are 1.3 Students with diverse linguistic, backgrounds that students may have need of students with diverse responsive to the learning cultural, religious and socio and seeks to understand the linguistic, cultural, religious and strengths and needs of students backgrounds economic implications for their learning. socio economic backgrounds. from diverse linguistic, cultural, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds.
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS FOR TEACHERS: A PRE-SERVICE TEACHER DEVELOPMENTAL CONTINUUM DOMAIN 1: PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE Standard 1 Know students and how they learn Focus Novice Emerging Graduate Physical, social and intellectual development and characteristics of students Communicates an understanding of child development and infrequently relates this knowledge to planning for and facilitating learning. Realises that physical, social and intellectual development and characteristics of students may affect learning and attempts to apply this understanding when planning for and facilitating learning. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of physical, social and intellectual development and characteristics of students and how these may affect learning. 1.2 Understand how students learn Sees learning as an expected outcome of teaching: not yet able to plan teaching based on an understanding of research into how students learn. Begins to draw on knowledge of current research into how students learn when planning for teaching. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of research into how students learn and the implications for teaching. 1.3 Students with diverse linguistic, cultural, religious and socio economic backgrounds Discusses the diverse linguistic, cultural, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds that students may have and seeks to understand the implications for their learning. Begins to plan teaching strategies that will meet the need of students with diverse linguistic, cultural, religious and socio economic backgrounds. Demonstrate knowledge of teaching strategies that are responsive to the learning strengths and needs of students from diverse linguistic, cultural, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds.