Teachers have a responsibility to impart knowledge to students that can be applied later in life. However, this knowledge may not always be effectively transferred to students. Assessment, then, becomes an integral part of teaching and learning, as it helps to ascertain that a learning process has occurred. It acts not only as a student evaluation tool, but as a teacher evaluation tool. To identify gaps in their pedagogical knowledge, teachers must be able to effectively assess themselves.
Teachers as professionals
Teachers require a sound educational background, supported with good pedagogical knowledge, to transfer knowledge to students. According to Tobias and Baffert (2010, p. 8): ‘teaching involves the mastery over complex bodies of knowledge, licensure by a legitimate authority, renewal through continual education, and responsibility for young, vulnerable minds’. The acquisition of such a level of complex skills and knowledge, deemed fit for a professional, is a long and co
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