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Test Overview
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| Test Name | Pedagogy Test |
| Number of questions | 80 |
| Test Duration | 2 hours |
| Format of questions | Multiple Choice questions |
| Test Delivery | Computer based test |
| Content Domain | Approximate Percentage of
Test |
Approximate Number of
Questions |
|
| I. Professional & ethical conduct | 10% | 8 | |
| II. Professional knowledge | 40% | 32 | |
| III. Professional practice | 40% | 32 | |
| IV. Professional growth | 10% | 8 |
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Test specifications
Standard 1: Professional and Ethical Conduct
Professional ethical conduct includes five elements:
- Respect and promote UAE values, which can be measured by the following performance criteria:
- Respect and promote UAE heritage and culture, including Islamic
- Promote and implement the national educational vision and
- Promote multi-cultural awareness and global
- Demonstrate personal and professional ethics, which can be measured by the following performance criteria:
- Demonstrate integrity.
- Demonstrate respect and fairness.
- Model a positive work
- Be accountable for and to learners, which can be measured by the following performance criteria:
- Ensure physical, emotional and psychological wellbeing of
- Promote learners’ achievements and their
- Set high expectations for
- Comply with national and organizational expectations, which can be measured by the following performance criteria:
- Comply with legislative
- Comply with organizational
- Establish communication and collaboration, which can be measured by the following performance criteria:
- Establish and maintain positive professional relationships with
- Establish and maintain positive professional relationships with
- Establish and maintain positive professional relationships with parents and the wider community.
Standard 2: Professional Knowledge
Professional Knowledge includes three elements:
- Demonstrate knowledge of learning, development and diversity, which can be measured by the following performance criteria:
- Demonstrate knowledge of developmental
- Demonstrate knowledge of learner
- Demonstrate knowledge of scope and sequence of the
- Demonstrate knowledge of curriculum, which can be measured by the following performance criteria:
- Demonstrate knowledge of the area/s of
- Demonstrate knowledge of core learning skills development across the curriculum.
- Demonstrate proficiency in the language of
- Demonstrate knowledge of theoretical basis of teaching, which can be measured by the following performance criteria:
- Demonstrate knowledge of educational research and learning theories
- Demonstrate knowledge of pedagogical approaches.
- Demonstrate knowledge of relevant educational
Standard 3: Professional Practice
Professional Practice includes three elements:
- Promote positive learning environments, which can be measured by the following performance criteria:
- Create a high quality-learning environment that is safe, supportive and motivating for
- Establish a purposeful work ethos with high expectations for
- Optimize the use of available resources to create an environment conducive to learning.
- Promote a culture of positive behavior
- Demonstrate learner-centered teaching, which can be measured by the following performance criteria:
- Plan and implement lessons with clear, measurable objectives that respond to the diverse needs of
- Implement strategies to optimize the personal development and academic progress of
- Manage classroom logistics to optimize teaching and
- Optimize the use of available resources and learning technologies
- Use assessment for learning, which can be measured by the following performance criteria:
- Use varied assessments to measure learner achievement, including relevant national and international
- Analyze and use assessment data to inform planning, teaching and curriculum review.
- Communicate assessment information to
Standard 4: Professional Growth
Professional Growth includes three elements:
- Reflect on own practice, which can be measured by the following performance criteria:
- Reflect and self-assess in relation to school, national and relevant international professional
- Reflect on the effect of practices of teaching and learning to improve learner achievement.
- Identify own professional strengths and opportunities for professional growth and
- Develop an individual professional development plan aligned to school and national
- Engage in professional growth, which can be measured by the following performance criteria:
- Engage in professional growth activities aligned to professional development plan.
- Demonstrate awareness that digital technologies are a key element in teaching and learning.
- Determine impact on learner achievement, which can be measured by the following performance criteria:
- Evaluate the impact of professional development activities on teaching practices.
- Evaluate the impact of professional development activities on learner achievement.
I strongly recommend you to download the file about TEACHERS STANDARDS FOR THE UAE Released by ministry of Education UAE