During one of the PG Cert sessions we discussed the UK Professional Standards Framework 2011 and we were asked about what we need to know to teach well. 

As a group we brainstorm and defined what we should know to teach well:

• Our students, their motivations, choices, their context, their values and beliefs. (K3)
• We should have technical knowledge of the topic to be teached. (K1)
• Being able to engage and communicate. (K2)
• Coaching skills
• Facilitating learning (K2)
• To be capable to develop good structures: Brief and Learning Outcomes 
• Language and Ecosystem of courses (K2)
• Ourselves

Surprisingly we didn’t cover Core Knowledges like assessment (K2), innovation and technology (K4), evaluation (K5) and quality (K6), which we have discussed multiple times during the last few weeks.

Personally, I would add few more points to the concept of “teaching well”. From my experience, passion an interest about the topic to be delivered is key to create an immersive learning experience as well as inspiring during mentoring sessions or tutorials. I wonder also about the relevance of having industry experience and current market knowledge.

The exercise continued with the following question: What values inform the way we teach?

We connected the Core Knowledge with Professional Values and we were able to highlight V1 and V2, whilst we didn’t cover V3 and V4.

Overall, it was a good exercise to reflect in teaching and learn about the UKPSF11.