Most of the TPEs appeared equally important, but TPE 1B I thought was slightly more important than the others. It mentions that teachers need to demonstrate the ability to teach the academic standards, and I agree. Throughout my schooling, I have met many people that are great in math and can solve many difficult problems. However, when it came to teaching the subject it was extremely difficult for them to break down the ideas in a simple form for student learning. In a nutshell, there is a huge difference between knowing a subject matter and being able to teach it.
There were no TPEs that seemed irrelvant. There were many expectations that I put on myself and it was interesting to seem them listed. The only TPE that was unclear was TPE 6: Developmentally Appropritate Teacing Practices. I didn't understand what they meant by "Appropriate". It seemed vague.
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Well, hopefully you'll read more about that in the article chosen for that section of the TPEs, but "developmentally appropriate" has to do with matching the instruction with the age or maturity of the student(s). I.e., you probably wouldn't sing the a-b-c song with high schoolers...
You are absolutely right though-- content knowledge per se does not mean that someone can successfully communicate that knowledge to a teenager...
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