ABSTRACT
Focusing on a Hungarian development, this present study will describe the manner and method of dening the competencies teachers must attain during their training. The project was carried out by the University of Szeged, Juhász Gyula Teacher Training Faculty in 2010-2011. It aimed at establishing a regional research and service center for contributing to the renewal of teacher education. As a part of the project, six teacher vocations were selected to (re)dene the competencies that are important to carry out the profession at a high level. The development is based on an approach, according to which during the training and preparation for various teaching vocations, the basis for developing the necessary competencies can comprise the mutually formed expectations of the users of the expertise (the employers of the teachers), trainers (university teachers), and the actual practitioners of the vocation (the teachers of specic areas). The structure of dening competencies is in line with EU expectations (European Commission-Directorate-General for Education and Culture 2004). In its focus-based on behavior science-lies the identication of activities and behavior
Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 975 Context of Dening Teacher Competencies .................................................................................. 976
Speed of Change and Knowledge ............................................................................................. 976 School and Learning Science .................................................................................................... 976 World of Work and Learning .....................................................................................................977 International Examples for Dening Teacher Competencies .................................................... 978
Development Methods and the Model ........................................................................................... 978 Preparing a Professional Literature Study................................................................................. 979 Competency Expectation Dening Professional Workshops .................................................... 979 Questionnaire Study ..................................................................................................................980 Finalizing the Competency Proles ..........................................................................................980 Assessment and Evaluation of Competencies ........................................................................... 981
Result of Developing Competency Proles ................................................................................... 982 Training Development....................................................................................................................984
