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Aspect 6: Teacher Professional Learning

Aspect 6: Teacher Professional Learning

📝 Cheat Sheet
  • This aspect is about how a teacher keeps learning over time.
  • Skills age fast, so ongoing learning is part of the job.
  1. Digital Literacy: build your own basic technology skills.
  2. Networking: learn with and from other teachers.
  3. Teacher as Innovator: lead, research, and create new practice.

What This Aspect Is

This aspect is about a teacher’s own continued learning. Tools and methods change, so the skills that work today will not be enough in a few years. It covers how a teacher keeps building their ability, connects with others, and eventually leads new practice.

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No single training course lasts a whole career.

UNESCO treats this as a competency because a teacher who stops learning falls behind, and the students pay for it. A teacher who keeps growing stays useful and can help others do the same.

This aspect closes the framework on purpose: it is the engine that keeps every other aspect moving forward.

#AspectKnowledge AcquisitionKnowledge DeepeningKnowledge Creation
1Understanding ICT in Education Policy
2Curriculum and Assessment
3Pedagogy
4Application of Digital Skills
5Organisation and Administration
6Teacher Professional LearningDigital LiteracyNetworkingTeacher as Innovator

Aspect 6 Level 1

Digital Literacy

Knowledge Acquisition
The teacher builds their own basic technology skills and stays comfortable with everyday tools.
  • Takes a short online course.
  • Learns a new tool for a lesson.
  • Reads a guide to fix a gap.

Aspect 6 Level 2

Networking

Knowledge Deepening
The teacher learns with and from others, sharing ideas and drawing on a wider community.
  • Joins a teacher community online.
  • Shares a lesson with colleagues.
  • Asks a peer group for advice.

Aspect 6 Level 3

Teacher as Innovator

Knowledge Creation
The teacher leads, experiments, and creates new practice that others can learn from.
  • Runs a small classroom study.
  • Mentors other teachers.
  • Designs and shares new practice.
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What is this aspect about?
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At Digital Literacy, the teacher mainly does what?
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What marks the Networking level?
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What does Teacher as Innovator involve?
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Why is ongoing learning treated as a competency?
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What is the Teacher Professional Learning aspect?
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A teacher’s own continued learning. It covers how a teacher keeps building skills, connects with others, and eventually leads new practice as tools and methods change.
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What are the three levels of this aspect?
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Digital Literacy (build your own basic skills), Networking (learn with and from others), and Teacher as Innovator (lead, experiment, and create new practice).
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What does Teacher as Innovator mean?
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The teacher leads, experiments, and creates new practice that others can learn from, such as running a small classroom study or mentoring colleagues.
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Why does this aspect close the framework?
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It is the engine that keeps every other aspect moving. Tools and methods change, so no single course lasts a career; ongoing learning keeps a teacher useful.

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