Teachers' self-knowledge influences their ability to understand students. The ambiguities of teaching can cause teachers to experience anxiety. Teachers must know their students' aptitudes, talents, learning styles, stage of development, and readiness to learn new material. Teachers must understand their subjects deeply so they can modify instructional strategies based on students' perception of content. Knowledge of educational theory enables professional teachers to know why certain strategies work.
Educational research provides teachers with rules of thumb for practice.
The body of knowledge that represents what teachers need to know and be able to do. The belief that teachers become more effective by increasing their self-knowledge and developing themselves as persons. Research-based competencies Specific behaviors that educational research has identified as characteristic of effective teachers. A procedure for determining the knowledge and skills needed for a job. A board established in 1987 that began issuing professional certificates in 1994-95 to teachers who possess extensive professional knowledge and the ability to perform at a high level.