SCALE FOR ASSESSMENT OF TEACHERS’ PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE

Abstract

Professionally competent teachers are the nation builders in true sense. Such teachers not only impart the knowledge in the effective way but also inculcate cultural heritage, social norms and above all the national harmony. National professional standards were formulated by the Government of Pakistan in 2009 to make the teachers aware of their professional responsibilities and to check the level of their professional development. The present study is an effort to develop a scale to assess teachers’ professional knowledge in the light of the specified standards. Therefore, a scale was developed in the light of national professional standards and validated through expert opinion. The scale consisted of 26 items with three sub-scales namely teaching learning, classroom management and assessment. After incorporating the changes suggested by experts the scale was launched to collect data from the prospective teachers. The results of the study revealed that the scale was reliable for application in future.