THE ROLE OF THE TEACHER: what needs to be maintained?
There some qualities that a teacher has, for example: a teacher must be willing to change. If half the
class does not understand a particular concept, then you cannot move on and
must quickly come up with a better way to teach that concept. Many
teachers today, however, are encouraged to adapt and adopt new practices that
acknowledge both the art and science of learning. They understand that the
essence of education is a close relationship between a knowledgeable, caring
adult and a secure, motivated students.
They grasp that their most important role
is to get to know each student as an individual in order to comprehend his or
her unique needs, learning style, social and cultural background, interests,
and abilities. Teachers often arrive early and stay late. They work
parts of weekends and summer to ensure that they are prepared.
The teacher's role:
The most respected teachers have discovered how
to make students passionate participants in the instructional process by
providing project-based, participatory, educational adventures. They know that
in order to get students to truly take responsibility for their own education,
the curriculum must relate to their lives, learning activities must engage
their natural curiosity, and assessments must measure real accomplishments and
be an integral part of learning.
Students work harder when teachers
give them a role in determining the form and content of their schooling; it helping
them create their own learning plans and deciding the ways in which they will
demonstrate that they have, in fact, learned what they agreed to learn. If we focus on the teaching process, we still realize that there are a great number of changes
in this field as well, and all of them have an influence on the role of
teachers.
Nonetheless, teachers in modern classrooms are no longer lecturers, they are
facilitators, their main task is to set goals and organize the learning process accordingly. Then, in the past, teachers used to
follow a syllabus which was compulsory for them. Nowadays, teachers have a
National Curriculum; so, teachers have to make up a syllabus of
their own and teach their pupils so that they can perform well.REFERENCES FOR ADITTIONAL INFORMATION:
- Youtube,. (2015) Teachig in the 21 st Century. Retrieved 29 April 2015 from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=075aWDdZUlM
- Judith Taack Lanier,. (1997) Redefining the Role of the Teacher: It's a Multifaceted Profession. Retrieved 29 April 2015 from: http://www.edutopia.org/redefining-role-teacher
- Zeiger Stacy ,. (2012) What Is the Role of Teachers in Education?
what teachers do not have to become is "old-fashioned" ones, with narrow minds and stubborn to make a change in the way of teaching if it is needed. On the contraty, we should, as you said, make Ss feel passionated in the subject.
ResponderEliminarI consider that the teacher's role is essential, but some teachers don't care about their jobs. Your post has good information, it can be useful for us as future teachers.
ResponderEliminarI agree with your reflection, you have included relevan information, that we as future teacher must take into account at the moment that we will teach our future students, taking into account students' needs.
ResponderEliminarThe teacher'r role is important in all aspects, I cna say that not all teachers have vocation, but other do, your reflection is interesting and I can find it very useful.
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