Abstract:

In Europe, the tendency to define a teacher professional profile, through a series of skills, is now prevalent and consolidated. The figure of the teacher is changing, he is no longer the absolute repository of knowledge, but a guide for the learner who becomes an active builder of knowledge. The role of teachers must necessarily evolve in order to respond to the renewal needs of educational systems and in fact, in most Western countries, "the teacher is moving from an executive staff profile to a professional staff profile". Starting from the principle that teaching should be oriented towards promoting the development of all students, Perrenoud (2002) summarizes the main skills of teaching professionalism in four areas: the student and learning processes, contents, training planning, individual responsibility. This model is the result of collaboration and dialogue with teachers and managers in real contexts and develops from concrete practices related to interactions with pupils and colleagues, the teaching /learning process, acting in a specific context, needs of professional growth of the teacher. The framework proposed by Danielson, in line with InTASC standards, identifies key dimensions or areas of responsibility that are divided into twenty-two aspects of the teacher's activity. The areas of responsibility identified within this reference framework are: planning and knowledge, classroom context, teaching, professional responsibilities. The main methodological skills recognized today to teachers are: the ability to manage the development of learning, teaching, docimological and planning skills, so that each student reaches significant learning. Starting from these initial reflections, the contribution proposes an analysis and reflection on the professional figure of the teacher, in order to understand the methodological skills necessary to respond to the challenge of the competence of the current training system.

Keywords:

Teaching, teacher professionalism, student and learning processes, InTASC.