CONTENTS:- Preface; 1. Concept and Nature; 2. Skills and Competencies Required by Secondary School Teachers; 3. Skills Required to Teach Learners with Special Needs; 4. Development of Skills and Competencies; 5. Microteaching; 6. Classroom Management Skills; 7. Meeting the Challenge of Instructional Improvement; 8. Professional Development of Teachers;
DESCRIPTION
Teachers play an important and dynamic role in providing educational opportunities to students and in making school more efficient and effective. Today, in the changing educational context, teachers are experiencing expanded duties and expectations in a variety of educational settings. To meet the increasing needs of students and to maximize the effectiveness of curriculum, teachers need to develop and update their skills and competencies continuously. The essential skills and competencies needed by teachers to meet students’ needs for more intensive and individualized instruction and to monitor the classroom in order to promote increased appropriate student behaviours are elaborately discussed in the book. Teachers, tutors, principles, school managers, school counselors, and students who are preparing to become an effective teachers will find the content of the book of immense help.