An Analysis of Professional Development Skills at Higher Education Level

Abstract

Professional development skills are defined as the activities that develop a teacher's knowledge, practices, and attributes. Study was on “An analysis of professional development skills at higher education level”. The objectives of the study were to study professional knowledge of university teachers, to examine the professional attributes and to analyze the professional practices of university teachers. The study was quantitative, a descriptive survey was conducted to collect data. The number sample was twenty-one teachers and three hundred and seventy students selected using a proportionate sampling technique. The data were analyzed with the help of a statistical package for the social sciences and was tabulated. The result of study was that the teachers had deep and better subject matter knowledge, content knowledge, and curriculum knowledge but they have not general pedagogical knowledge. Teachers must try to improve their professional weaknesses regarding to general pedagogy in the light of student feedback.