Personal, social and learning to learn competence is the ability to learn to learn, to manage one's own learning and to reflect on oneself. It is about time and information This paper considers the development of teacher professionalism in the context of Northern Ireland. The paper traces the development of the discourse on teacher education in the UK and, through an This paper will attempt to clarify exactly what competence is. It will be found that the logic of the concept of competence is itself such as to support a broader view about competency standards