Learning Area/ Subject/ Discipline/ Phase Specialist
 

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/ Learning Area Specialist

Practical competence - Where the learner demonstrates the ability, in an authentic context, to consider a range of possibilities for action, make considered decisions about which possibility to follow, and to perform the chosen action.)
Adapting general educational principles to the phase/subject/learning area.
Selecting, sequencing and pacing content in a manner appropriate to the
phase/subject/learning area, the needs of the learners and the context.
Selecting methodologies appropriate to learners and contexts.
Integrating subjects into broader learning areas and learning areas into learning
programmed.
Teaching concepts in a manner which allows learners to transfer this knowledge and use it in different contexts.

Foundational competence (where the learner demonstrates an understanding of the knowledge and thinking which underpins the actions taken.)
Understanding the assumptions underlying the descriptions of competence in a
particular discipline/subject/learning area.
Understanding the ways of thinking and doing involved in a particular
discipline/subject/learning area and how these may be taught.
Knowing and understanding the content knowledge of the discipline/subject/learning area.
Knowing of and understanding the content and skills prescribed by the national curriculum.
Understanding the difficulties and benefits of integrating this subject into a broader learning area.
Understanding the role that a particular discipline/subject/learning area plays in the work and life of citizens in society – particularly with regard to human rights and the environment.

Reflexive competence - (where the learner demonstrates the ability to integrate or connect performances and decision making with understanding and with the ability to adapt to change and unforeseen circumstances and explain the reasons behind these actions.)
Reflecting on and assessing own practice.
Analysing lesson plans, learning programmed and assessment tasks and demonstrating an understanding of appropriate selection, sequencing and pacing of content.
Identifying and critically evaluating what counts as undisputed knowledge, necessary skills, important values.
Making educational judgments on educational issues arising from real practice or from authentic case study exercises.
Researching real educational problems and demonstrating an understanding of the implications of this research.
Reflecting on the relations between subjects/disciplines and making judgments on the possibilities of integrating them.


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