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The investigation was performed to assess professional teachers’ teaching competencies of teacher educators for professional standards in Pakistan. The core competencies evaluated were professional knowledge, instructional planning and strategies, assessment, use of ICT, and learning environment. (Adegbile & Adeyemi (2008). The study took place in the context of Balochistan Province. The study participants were teacher educators and prospective teachers from various degree awarding institutions of in Quetta. A mixed method approach was used for the study. The study found out that there was no significant difference between the mean scores of male and female and married and unmarried teacher educators regarding understanding and practices of the professional standards. Similarly, no significant different was found between the mean score of the educators based on age, degree, institution, trainings attended, and experience. However, there was significant difference in the mean 2 score of prospective teachers (students) regarding the competency levels of their teachers. Additionally, the qualitative analysis revealed the educators have only working knowledge on the professional standards and some of the standards are being used in their teachings only covertly.

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Yousuf Sharjeel, Dr. Sadia Suleman Khan, Dr. Abdul Nasir Kiazai. (2020) Pedagogic Practices and Perspectives in Teaching Competencies and Standards: Possibilities in Professional Parameters, Balochistan Review, Volume 1, Issue 1.
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