Professional Practitioner Characteristics

The online learner, unlike the traditional learner, usually involves much communication independent of physical instructors and other students. One is not afforded the privilege of sharing regular personal interaction with professors and other students. As a result, for an online learner to be successful, they must possess several skills which include computer literacy, strong reading and writing, self-motivation, independent learning ability, commitment, time management, active learning and goal oriented.

Although I was exposed and compelled to utilise the internet during my previous studies, I was still inept regarding technology and when navigating through various portals. Because my studies were done on campus with more face-to-face interactions by tutors,

However, Professional Educational Practitioners characteristics’ should include accountability, reflectivity, reliability, passion, knowledge of pedagogy, competence, a love and drive to meet the needs of children irrespective of their background. They should also be trustworthy and honest.

(Bolton, 2010; Schwartz & Sharp, 2012) stated reflective practice is demonstrated as a route that identifies self-honesty by taking responsibility for actions to then be evaluated through what took place and ways to develop professionalism.

Professional practitioners should be ethically and morally committed to preparing, not just an elite few, but all students to participate in society with high levels of intellectual and academic potential and the capacity to develop the skills of lifelong learners (Burgh, Field & Freakley, 2005). It is also their responsibility to possess the skill of reflexivity finding strategies questioning their attitudes, thought processes, values, assumptions, prejudices and habitual actions, to strive to understand our complex roles in relations to others (Bolton