PROFESSI

ONALPRACTI
CEANDETHI
CSI
NTEACHI
NG

CONTEXT
Teachersandt rai
nersarerefl
ecti
veandi nquir
ingpr actit
ionerswhot hinkcr i
ti
call
yaboutt hei
rowneducat i
onal assumptions,val
ues,
andpracticeinthecontextofachangi ngcontempor aryandeducat i
onalwor l
d.Theydr awonr el
evantresearchaspar tofev i
dence-
basedpract i
ce.Theyactwi thhonestyandi nt
egr i
tyt omai ntai
nhighst andar dsofet hi
csandpr of
essionalbehav i
ourinsuppor tof
l
earnersandt heirexpect
ations.Thiscourse,therefore,seekst oimmer sepre-servi
ceteachersinunderstandinghowt ot ransf
orm
theor
yintopr acti
ceandhowt oharnesstheirexperiencesf rom thefieldofpr acti
ceintoenhanci
ngt hei
rprofessionaldevelopment.
Thecour seset soutclearexpectationsofef fecti
vepr acticeinEducat i
onandTr aini
ng;how toenablet eachersandt rainer
st o
i
denti
fyar easforthei
rownpr ofessi
onaldev el
opment ,andabov eall
,suppor tinit
ialt
eachereducati
on.

Cour
seTi
tl
e Pr
ofessi
onal
Pract
iceandEt
hicsi
nTeachi
ng

Cour
seCode EBS407 Cour
sel
evel
:400 Semest
er:
2 Cr
edi
tval
ue:
3

Pr
e-r
equi
sit
e

Cour
se Face-
to-
face Pract
ical Work-
Based Semi
nar
s I
ndependent E-
lear
ning Pr
act
icum
Del
iv
ery Acti
vi
ty Lear
ning St
udy Opport
unit
ies
Modes
Course Thefocusoft hiscour sei sat heoreti
calandpr acticalexplorationofet hicsinrelationt oeducationandt eacher
Descri
pti
on i
dentityanddi sposi t
ion.Itencour agespr e-servicet eacherstoconsi derhowpar ticularphi l
osophicalideasi nfor
m
educationalvalues, howt hesev al
uesr el
atet ot heiridenti
tyast eachers,andhowt heymi ghtbear t
iculatedi nt
o
thei
rownet hi calteachingpr acti
ce.Thiscour sei sdesi gnedt oexposest udentst opr ofessionalval
ues, attit
udes,
anddispositionsoft heteachi ngprofessiont hatenabl estudent stodev elopther ightat t
it
udesandski l
lst omeet
thephy si
cal,psychol ogical,socialandspi ri
tual needsoft hechi l
drent heywillbet eaching.Thecour seal socov ers
theprofessional ethicsandcodeofconductoft eachersandt her i
ghtsofandobl igationstot heteacher s.Also
coveredinthiscour sear eissuesofr ightofst udent s,chil
dabuseandconsequencesofchi ldabuse.Thel egal
framewor kgov erningt hev ariousunitsoft heMi ni
st r
yofEducat ioniscov er
edi nt hecour se.Abov eall,t
hecour se
i
st oensuret hatt eachersactwi thhonest yandi ntegri
tytomai ntai
nhi ghstandar dsofet hicsandpr ofessi onal
behaviourinsuppor toflear nersandt hei
rexpect ations.(NTECF, NTSpp.6- 34).

Course Byt
heendoft
hecour
se: I
ndi
cat
ors
Learni
ng
Outcomes
CLO1.pre-
servi
ceteachersdevel
op 1.
1Refl
ectonwhatworksbesti
nthei
rteachi
ngandl
ear
ningt
o
ownjudgementofwhatwor ksand meett
hediver
seneedsofl
earner
s
doesnotworki
nt hei
rteachi
ngand
tr
aini
ng(NTECF,NTS1a- g) 1.
2Ev
aluat
eandchal
l
enget
hei
rpr
act
ice,
val
uesandbel
i
efs

1.3Inspi
re,mot
ivat
eandrai
seaspi
rat
ionsofl
ear
ner
sthr
ough
thei
renthusi
asm andknowl
edge

1.4Becreati
veandinnovat
ivei
nsel
ect
ingandadapt
ingst
rat
egi
es
tohel
plearnerst
olearn

1.
5Valueandpromotesoci
alandcul
tur
aldi
ver
sit
y,equal
i
tyof
oppor
tuni
tyandi
ncl
usion

1.
6Bui
l
dposi
ti
veandcol
l
abor
ati
ver
elat
ionshi
pswi
thcol
l
eagues
 andl
ear
ner
s

CLO2.pre-serv
iceteachersdevelopdeep 2.1Maint
ainandupdat
eknowl
edgeoft
hei
rsubj
ectand/
orj
ob-
andcri
ti
call
yinfor
medknowl edgeand rel
atedar
ea
under
standingintheoryandpractice
(NTECF,NTS2a- f
) 2.2Maint
ainandupdatethei
rknowledgeofeducat
ional
resear
ch
todev
elopevidence-
basedpract
ice

2.3Appl yt
heoret
ical
underst
andi
ngofef
fect
ivepract
icei
n
teaching,l
ear
ningandassessmentdr
awi
ngonr esear
chandot
her
evidence

2.
4Ev al
uat
ethei
rpr
act
icewi
thot
her
sandassessi
tsi
mpacton
l
earni
ng

2.
5Manageandpr
omot
eposi
ti
vel
ear
nerbehav
iour

2.6Understandthet
eachi
ngandpr
ofessi
onal
rol
eandt
hei
r
responsi
bil
i
t i
es

CLO3.student
sdevel
opexper
ti
seandski
ll
s 3.1Mot i
vateandinspi
relearner
st opromot eachi
evementand
toensur
ethebestout
comesforl
ear
ners developthei
rskil
lstoenableprogressi
on
(NTECF,NTS3a-p)
3.2Plananddel i
veref
fecti
velearningprogrammesf ordi
ver
se
groupsorindiv
idualsi
nasaf eandi ncl
usiveenvir
onment

3.3Pr
omot
ethebenef
it
soft
echnol
ogyandsuppor
tlear
ner
sini
ts
use

3.
4Addressthemat
hemati
csandEngli
shneedsoflear
ner
sand
workcr
eati
vel
ytoov
ercomeindi
vi
dual
barr
ier
stolearni
ng
 3.5Enabl
elear
nerst
oshareresponsi
bil
i
tyfort
heirownlear
ning
andassessment,
set
tinggoal
sthatst
retchandchall
enge

3.6Appl
yappropr
iateandfai
rmethodsofassessmentand
prov
ideconst
ruct
iveandti
melyf
eedbacktosupportprogr
essi
on
andachi
evement

3.7Maint
ainandupdat
etheirt
eachi
ngandtr
aini
ngexper
ti
seand
teachi
ngski
ll
sthr
oughcoll
aborat
ionwi
themployer
s

3.
8Contr
ibut
et oorgani
sati
onaldev
elopmentandqual
i
ty
i
mprov
ementt hroughcol
labor
ati
onwithother
s

CLO4.St udent
sexhi
bitsoundknowledgeof 4.1Cri
ti
call
yexami
net
hebasi
ceducat
ionsy
stem andkeypol
i
cies
theGhanaianeducat
ionalsyst
ems, l
egaland guidi
ngit
ethi
calcodesofprof
essionalbehavi
ourand
keypoli
ciesgui
dingi
t.(NTECF, NTS1d-g,2a, 4.2Underst
andtheint
erpl
ayofl
earners’
cul
tural
,soci
o-economi
c
2f,3b,
3o) andecologi
calbackgr
oundstot
eachingandlear
ning

4.3Maint
ainandupdatethei
rknowl
edgeofl
egal
andet
hical
codesofprof
essi
onalbehavi
our

Cour
se Uni
t Topi
cs Sub-
topi
c(s) Teachi
ngandl ear
ningact
ivi
ti
est
o
Cont
ent achi
evelear
ningoutcomes

1 Foundati
onsof  TheNatur
e,Char
acteri
sti
csof Discussioningr oupsandasawhol e
Professi
onal Teachi
ngasaProfessi
on cl
assoft henat ur
eofapr of
ession,
Practi
ce characterist
icsofapr ofession,
 StandardsofPract
icef
ort
he
professionali
sm inteaching,
TeachingProf
ession
attr
ibutesoft eacherprofessional
ism,
 Et
hical
Standar
dsf
ort
heTeachi
ng howt oacqui reandex hibi
t
 Pr
ofessi
on pr
ofessi
onal
i
sm
 Prof
essi
onalLear
ningFramewor
k Casestudiesshouldal
sobe
fort
heTeachingProf
ession employedindiscussi
ng
pr
ofessional
ism.

2 Prof
essi
onalVal
ues  ConceptsofProf
essi
onal
Val
ues Scenariosandsi mulati
onsof
andAtti
tudes andAtti
tudes engagementwi t
hcol l
eagues,
studentsandot herstakehol
dersto
 TeacherProf
essi
onalDev
elopment
i
mpr ovingteachingandl ear
ning,
 Communi t
yofPract
ice teacheragencyandef f
icacy
,and
communi catingwiththepublic

3 Teacher  Knowl
edgeofeducat
ional Seminar s,
groupwor kandt hi
nk-pai
r-
Prof
essional fr
ameworks shareandpanel discussi
on
Knowledgeand approachest obeusedi ntheanalysi
s
 Knowledgeandunderst
andi
ngof
Underst
anding ofthedev el
opmentofex pert
ise,
Curri
cul
ums(Objecti
ve-
andStandar
d
-
based) knowledgeofst udentsand
educati
onal fr
amewor ks,
 DeepandCriti
calKnowl
edgeof understandingofcurri
culums
Student
s
 DevelopExpert
iseandSki
ll
to
ensurethebestOutcomesfor
Learner
s
4 Pr
ofessi
onal  Managingt
helearni
ngenvi
ronment Simulati
onsandr ol
e-pl
ayin
Pr
acti
ce developingpr
e-serv
iceteachers’
 I
mpr ov
ingTeachi
ngandlearni
ngi
n
understandi
ngofhowt omanage
School
s
teachingandlearni
ngenv i
ronments
  Contemporar
yIssuesImprov
ing toi
mprovehigherl
ear
ningout
comes
st
udents’
lear
ningthrough amonglear
ners.
Assessments
5 Issuesand  Semi narsandSymposiaabout Seminar
s,paneldi
scussi
ons,debat
es
chall
engesof IssuesandchallengesofGhana’
s onthechal
lengesoftheeducati
on
Ghana’seducat
ional educationalsy
stem andpol
ici
es syst
em andpoli
cyformulat
ionand
system andpol
i
cies i
mplementati
on.

Course Component1( For

mat
iveassessment
):Di
scussi
onandGr
oupPar
ti
cipat
ion:
10%;
Readi
ngandCl
ass
Assessment Par
ti
cipat
ion:
10%

Wei
ght
ing:
20%

AssessesLear
ningOut
comes:
CLO2,
3&4.

Component2(
For
mat
iveassessment
):Qui
zzesandCasest
udi
es.

Wei
ght
ing:
20%

AssessesLear
ningOut
comes:
CLO1&3

Component3(
Summat
iveassessment
):Wr
it
ingassi
gnment
s,andEnd-
of-
Semest
erExami
nat
ion

Wei
ght
ing:
60%

Afinal
examinat
ionwi
l
lbecompr
isedofsomeshor
tanswerquest
ions,
somemul
ti
ple-
choi
cequest
ionsanda
casestudy
.

AssessesLear
ningOut
comes:
CLO1-
4

I
nstructi
onal 1.Rel
evantv
ideosf
rom YouTube
Resources
 2.Fi
eldt
ri
psandobser
vat
ions

3.I
nst
ruct
ivePaper
s:Academi
cjour
nal
art
icl
est
eacherpr
ofessi
onal
i
sm,
val
ues,
knowl
edgeanddi
sposi
ti
ons

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redTex
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