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THE WAY OF DETERMINING COMPETENCES OF A TEACHER AND ISSUES ON DEVELOPMENT OF PROFESSIONAL NECESSITIES IN GEORGIA
Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University (GEORGIA)
About this paper:
Appears in: EDULEARN19 Proceedings
Publication year: 2019
Pages: 9632-9640
ISBN: 978-84-09-12031-4
ISSN: 2340-1117
doi: 10.21125/edulearn.2019.2405
Conference name: 11th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies
Dates: 1-3 July, 2019
Location: Palma, Spain
Abstract:
For any country education is a long-term investment with longer economic or social goals. A substantial component of educational system is a determined, thorougly prepared, developmental and highly-qualified teacher.
Due to the current reforms of the educational system in Georgia recently, one of the most inseparable elements has become the elaboration and implementation process of teacher evaluation system. Hence, the most essential component for teacher professional development is to evaluate them objectively. The purpose of this evaluation is to determine competences of the teacher and reveal issues on development of professional necessities.
The article aims to consider problems of determining competences of the teacher and issues on development of professional necessities in Georgia.
Research includes the quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection. Mixed methodology, numerical and verbal data were used to collect empirical data. Besides, the survey was used to get the whole picture of the situation and the final analyses was done through individual and group interviews and focus groups. We used several tools for data collection: the minimum requirement are questionnaires, semi-structured interviews (individual and group), observational data and documentary data.
Thus, in accordance with the analysis of survey results the problems that have been highlighted are as follows: To make personal decisions during the process of a lesson plan; non-democratic forms of the teaching process; Individual differences among students are perceived as a problem than a resource; unobjective assessment of the students; low motivation towards learning and etc.
To summerize all these components and problems, the survey once more has emphasized burning issues in Georgian educational system and revealed points to be taken into consideration. On the basis of this analysis it was found that 360 degree model system must be implemented in Georgian educational system in order to substitute the old, useless system with newer and more effective one.
Keywords:
Teacher, competences, evaluation, models, methods.