Certificate in Technical Education Diploma in Technical Education Methods of Teaching VTE Subjects

Teaching Competence Self-Assessment

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Teaching Competence
The purpose of this exercise is to help you analyse your needs as VTE Teachers. Follow the four steps, one at a time, in the order presented here. Step 1: Present Level of Teaching Competence On the scale below, please tick following areas Area of Competence
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your level of competence in each of the Evaluation of Competence

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1. Explaining concepts and principles 2. Use illustrations 3. Use demonstrations 4. Provide Student practice 5. Use questioning 6. Provide student activities 7. Analyse tasks 8. Organise practical topics 9. Structure theory (knowledge) topics 10. Use motivational techniques 11. Manage students and the classrooms 12. Plan teaching methods and strategies 13. Introduce topics 14. Conclude topics 15. Summarize lesson 16. Review and help students revise 17. Write lesson objectives 18. Reinforce learning 19. Focus attention 20. Other 21. Other 22. Other

Step 2: Target Level of Teaching Competence Beside each area of competence on the previous page, circle the box on the scale to indicate the Target level of competence you would like to achieve.

Step 3: Usefulness of Teaching Competencies Write an X beside the number (e.g. X 23.) of any teaching competency on the previous page, that you find of little use in your technical area. Step 4: Identify Areas of Competence for Improvement Analyse the results of your evaluation by listing: 1. areas where you need little improvement 2. areas where you would like to improve (List them in the order of most to least)