Abstract
Professional knowledge and its understanding in true sense provides sound base for the field performance. A skill is considered to be the disposition of knowledge behind it. The same is the case with the teaching profession as it demands excellent presentation of the acquired knowledge in actual classroom setting. The present study is an effort to determine the extent to which the teachers are capable of applying their professional knowledge in the classroom. For assessing the professional knowledge of the participants of the study i.e. prospective teachers, were administered a self-reporting questionnaire and later on observed during teaching practice to assess the level of implementation of the acquired professional knowledge. The results of the study revealed that there exists significant relationship between the understanding of acquired professional knowledge and its classroom application.

Muhammad Tahir Khan, Ayaz Muhammad Khan, Khalid Saleem. (2015) Teachers’ Professional Knowledge Disposition: Relationship between Understanding and Practices, Journal of Research and Reflections in Education, Volume 9, Issue 1.
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