1. Content Knowledge
The competent teacher understands the central concepts, methods of inquiry, and structures of the disciplines and creates learning experiences that make the content meaningful to all students.
Knowledge Indicators
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1A. understands major concepts,
assumptions, debates, principles, and theories that are central to the
discipline(s) in which certification is sought. |
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1B. understands the processes of
inquiry central to the discipline. |
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1C. understands how students'
conceptual frameworks and their misconceptions for an area of knowledge can
influence their learning. |
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1D. understands the relationship
of knowledge within the discipline to other content areas and to life and
career applications. |
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1E. understands how a studentŐs
disability affects processes of inquiry and influences patterns of learning. |
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Performance
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1F. evaluates teaching resources
and curriculum materials for their comprehensiveness, accuracy and usefulness
for representing particular ideas and concepts. |
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1G. uses differing viewpoints,
theories, "ways of knowing" and methods of inquiry in teaching
subject matter concepts. |
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1H. engages students in generating
and testing knowledge according to the process of inquiry and standards of
evidence of the discipline. |
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1I. designs learning
experiences to promote student skills in the use of technologies appropriate
to the discipline. |
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1J. anticipates and adjusts
for common misunderstandings of the discipline(s) that impede learning. |
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1K. uses a variety of explanations
and multiple representations of concepts that capture key ideas to help
students develop conceptual understanding. |
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1L. facilitates learning
experiences that make connections to other content areas and to life and
career experiences. |
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1M. designs learning experiences and
utilizes adaptive devices/technology to provide access to general curricular
content to individuals with disabilities. |
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