Issues in competence and pre-service teacher education. Part 1. Can outcomes-based programmes produce competent teachers?

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Fraser, William John
Killen, Roy
Nieman, M.M.

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Unisa Press

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The Department of Education's Norms and Standards for Educators (Department of Education 2000) require that higher education institutions design and implement outcomes-based teacher education programmes to enable novice teachers to demonstrate their competence across a range of teacher roles. In this article the question of whether outcomes-based programmes can produce competent teachers is explored. This is done firstly by taking a closer look at competence and competence-based education, the role of standards and the four types of competences as defined in the Norms and Standards for Educators. Thereafter we discuss outcomes and outcomes-based education. The article also points out the necessity of distinguishing between competences for beginning and pre-service teachers on the one hand and experienced teachers on the other.

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Pre-service teacher education, Teacher competence, Outcomes-based programmes, Norms for teachers, Teacher standards, Educator standards, Norms for educators, Educator competence

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Fraser, WJ, Killen, R & Nieman, MM 2005, 'Issues in competence and pre-service teacher education. Part 1. Can outcomes-based programmes produce competent teachers?', South African Journal of Higher Education, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 229-245, [http://www.unisa.ac.za/default.asp?Cmd=ViewContent&ContentID=20128]