What Is The Role of A Teacher

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What is the role of a Teacher?

</H3< CENTER> Schools are one of the first places where kids behavior and future educational success is shape. Teachers are carriers of either positive or negative behavior toward students. The reason why the first years of school are so critical is because kids learn the base of their educational life. I believe that teachers must love their career in order for them to pass enthusiasm, to assists, and to provide a warm environment to the students. In my opinion teachers are the second mothers for the students because students spend a lot of time with their teachers. At the same time. I believe a real teacher becomes through many years of training and experiences in the field. The same way, mothers are not born being great mothers but as their experiences with their kids expands they become experts on the field. We know that mothers look the best for their kids and one of their goals is to raise their kids so they can become professionals and pioneers for the society. Some of the mothers role

toward kids is to give them care, love, respect, lead, instruct and to try to form a safe and pleasant environment at their homes. Are these attitudes of the mothers toward their kids related to what the role of the teacher should be with the students in the classroom? If not, what should be the role of the teachers then? I believe that a teacher is someone who becomes through many years of training and experiences in the field. I have not found a teacher who is an expert the first day of their profession. I believe that is urgent for everyone who is a teacher or is planning to become one to get prepare in the field the best they can. All teachers who get prepare will know how to set up rules in the classroom. Those kind of teachers will probably have less problems in their classroom because they will be able to control the classroom. There are all types of teachers some are better than others. Through my life I had some professors who were well prepared and some who were not. I had some teachers who just came into the class

and stared teaching. They did not get involve with the students. I rarely talked to them. Those teachers did not showed any concern about what the students were feeling. One way for a teacher to get students involve in the classroom is to ask them questions. I remembered there were some students at the class that were shy including me who did not have the chance to get involve in the class or to participate. Therefore, I believe the way students act depends on the teachers attitude. That is why I strongly recommend all teachers to invite the student to participate in the class. It is very important that teachers encourage students because students will benefit from it. A teacher carries a big responsibility in her classroom. One reason is that all students depend on her/him. Everything the teacher sys will have an impact on the students. If the teacher feels joy of feels anger, it will be spread among children because the attitudes of the teacher gets contagious. If the teacher laughs, students also laugh, why? Because teachers are responsible

for the social behavior in the classroom. If something goes wrong the only responsible is the teacher even if it was not their foul. The teacher must create a warm and protective environment but at the same time professional. If students feel secure in the classroom the result will be shown in the academic progress. A good star could be a mutual trust with each student. Teaches have the responsibility to know his/her students in the classroom. Each day, the teachers show one of their attitudes that the students are unaware. Also, the students do the same in order for the teacher to get to know them, too. This is a good exercise to do because it benefits the whole class to break the ice. The first days most of the students are afraid of the teacher because they do not know how is the teachers personality. It will change until the point that the teacher and students discover to have common hobbies with each other. I think that school is a place where one goes to learn but I also believe that there should be

times where fun is a necessity. That is why I think that a teacher should also have fun with the students. Kids learn faster when they feel attracted to an exciting lesson. Teachers must not forget that kids get born fast that is why creative lessons must be plane ahead. There should be interest in what people want to learn says Mr. Spayde in his article Learning the Key of Life (59-62). I believe a teacher should also be someone who guides student rather than someone who is a totalitarian in the classroom. The teacher needs to show respect toward the students so the students also respect the teacher. Teacher must not forget the s/he teaches to different students who brings different students who brings different traditions and customs because the students come from different backgrounds. One of the keys that is useful for teachers is to understand and accept the way students are acting the way Thomas says in his article The Mind of Man (120-124) Therefore, teachers need to create a curriculum

that guides students to a path of success. Consequently, they need to receive guiding depending on their students need. Sometimes, the teachers caring attitudes could have a long positive or negative influence on students. Students selfesteem could be lift up because it could create ambitions in their minds for future academic success. As Mike Rose explains in Lives in Boundaries that an educator must be an open mind person that must respect the students diversity and give love and caring attitudes toward students. I believe that is crucial to make students believe in themselves. One of the roles that a teacher carries is to encourage students in the issues that bother them about school in their personal life. It could make a big difference in the students life if he/she is lift up to keep going and to not let anything put us down. Psychologically, students could be affected if they have problems with their teachers. One of the results could be that students will avoid going to school. As professional

teachers, we do not want any conflict with the students. Sometimes, the behavior of students demonstrates that something is not going right. Therefore, I think teachers must pay attention to any suspicious sings that could bother the student. As teacher is our responsibility to find out what is going on with the students in the classroom. Kids deep in their hearts feel that teachers could help them but sometimes they are afraid to ask the teacher. This issue that I see almost everyday at the school were I work as a teachers assistance. The students prefer to talk to their friends about their problems and sometimes teachers are the last person to find out about the problem. Sometimes is the teachers foul that students do not seek his/her help because sometimes the teachers do not form a bound of communication. The teachers must let students know how she feels when students do not trust her maybe it would help students to change their minds about telling the teacher his/her problem. One of the teachers that I work with

is one of these persons. Students do not seek for her help but they rather look for my help instead. I help them in everything I can but sometimes it gets really hard for me to know what to do. I believe that she is with her students. I do not see that she has a connection with the students. I believe, that teachers need to think about what are the students feeling. As teachers, one good way to do this is to look back in our school years and remembered what we went through when we were students. We will realize that most of the kids have problems with their teachers. I do not believe that there are students who have not encounter a problem with the teacher. Therefore, I do not think there is a perfect relationship between teachers and students because the relationship of teachers and students is perfect. Therefore, teachers priority should only be the benefit of the students feelings. Often, there is a debate about if a teacher should be a role model for students. Teachers are respect by society because they are view as

knowledgeable about different subjects of school. I believe that even if teachers do not like to be point out as being role models I certainly think they are. Teachers have the qualities to be or become role models for students. Why? Because most teachers respect, love, care, instruct, and guide their students to become a successful person. Students view teacher as being wise therefore they look up for them. Students know that if they need something they just need to ask them. Kids learn from every lesson the teacher gives. Therefore, I believe that a teacher have an enormous responsibility on his/her actions. Even if teachers are considered to be role models I believe they still make mistakes. It is normal to make mistakes because is our nature of being humans. At the same time, students should not look to their teacher to copy them but rather to compare and to see the mistakes to not do them in our lives. Students should concentrate in doing their work and being proud of the way they are. All teachers have the key to provide a good

environment for the students. The benefits of having a pleasant environment are for the teacher and students. But before that happens a teacher needs to be well prepared in order that the students receive the best treat. It is essential and crucial for teachers to be prepared because the first years of school are very important for the students. The future education success of the students depends on their first years. Its never late to star a bound of a relationship between teacher and students. Consequently, the contact of the students with the teacher is an everyday act. Even though, there will be some days in which students will have impropriate but other days where there will not be a problem at all. As humans, sometimes teachers do things that are not correct however we always have another chance to do it better. In conclusion, I strongly believe that teachers need to show respect, caring, become role models, make a pleasant environment, treat students right, instructs them but not be totalitarian, and guides them through the road of

success. The only who gets the benefits are the students and sometimes it could be a negative or positive. Throughout my life I have learned valuable lessons from great teachers but I also had negative impact in my life as well. What is a role? We each adopt different 'roles' in everyday situations, these roles change with the situation, we all have numerous roles in life. We can imagine those roles as hats that we wear at appropriate times (eg. Son, Brother, Teacher, Employee etc). These roles have "implied" behavior, which we all know. It is social this implied behaviour which we can use in drama and dramatic situations to create deeper understanding and meanings. The role of a teacher in society is both significant and valuable.It has far-reaching influence on the society he lives in and no other personality can have an influence more profound than that of a teacher. Students are deeply affected by the teacher's love and affection, his character, his competence, and his moral commitment. A popular teacher becomes a model for his students. The

students try to follow their teacher in his manners, costumes, etiquette, style of conversation and his get up. He is their ideal. He can lead them anywhere. During their early education, the students tend to determine their aims in life and their future plans, in consultation with their teachers. Therefore, a good and visionary teacher can play a prominent role in making the future of his students while as a corrupt teacher can only harm his students much more seriously than a class of corrupt and perverted judiciary, army, police, bureaucracy, politicians or technocrats. A corrupt and incompetent teacher in not only a bad individual, but also an embodiment of a corrupt and incompetent generation. A nation with corrupt teachers is a nation at risk; every coming day announces the advent of its approaching destruction. The importance of a teacher as an architect of our future generations demands that only the best and the most intelligent and competent members of our intelligentsia be allowed to qualify for this noble profession. It is unfortunate to find that generally the worst and the

most incapable people of the society find their way into this profession. Anyone who fails to find an opening in any other walk of life, gets into this profession and recklessly plays with the destiny of the nation. An important reason for this is understood to be the poor salaries of our primary and secondary teachers which are no better than that of clerks. A large number of our teachers is , therefore, frustrated and disinterested. They have to go for parttime jobs to meet their basic needs. Again, the teaching profession also does not enjoy due respect in the society. The primary and secondary teachers are particularly at a disadvantage. Their status is lower than that of doctors, engineers, advocates, civil servants; even lower than that of semi literate and illiterate traders. It would therefore require great commitment for an intelligent individual, however fond of education and training he may be, to forsake the career of a doctor or engineer in favour of teaching. Therefore, while selecting good teachers, it must be borne in mind that better opportunities,prospects and

perks are offered to the teachers. When we speak of good teachers it means that a teacher must be a model of faith and piety and should have a fairly good knowledge . A teacher should consider it his duty to educate and train his students and should feel responsible for it. He should feel that his students have been entrusted to him and he should avoid any breach of the trust the society has reposed in him. He should be a sociable person with his roots in the society. People should take him as their well-wisher and a sincere friend who cares for their children. It should be ascertained at all cost that a candidate for this profession has a natural acumen and aptitude for teaching. He should actively participate in the social activities in a positive way. He should know the art of teaching with a deep insight into child psychology. He should always deal with the students in a just manner. He should not lose his selfcontrol on mistakes his students may commit, and instead he should respect their feelings and ego, and should try to understand

and resolve their difficulties with grace while keeping his cool. He should be able to smile in the face of bitter criticism on his opinions, and should not feel ashamed or humiliated to accept his mistakes wholeheartedly. He should be proud of his culture, his national dress and his national language.He should be a missionary, a mentor, a reformer and a guide besides being a dedicated tutor. In other words, he should be a perfect teacher and a perfect educationist. While highlighting the role of a teacher in the society, it is imperative to involve the role of parents, too, in the process of character building of the students. In the past, parents and teachers both used to make the best of their efforts to provide an atmosphere to their children congenial to the development of higher virtues and morals. But the gross social change over the last fifty years, large scale urbanization, ruthless competition for financial gains, and heavy preoccupation in everyday life deplete all time and energy from the parents, leaving behind little time or energy for them to monitor their children.

Whatever time they have at their disposal is consumed by newspapers, television and other recreations. As a result, the younger generation hardly gets any opportunity to share ideas with their elders or to enter into a meaningful discussion. On the other hand, this idea is gaining ground among us that education is not meant to build up better human beings, but only to get better jobs. Consequently, the students' minds are obsessed with better jobs and dreams for higher social status.It is,therefore,duty of the parents, too, to take active interest in the day-to-day progress of their children both in and outside the institution and apprise them of the real meaning of education. THE ROLE OF AN IDEAL TEACHER The unique and the foremost traits of an ideal teacher are the total dedication on her part in the field of education. The teacherstudent relationship must be established in a harmonious way and teachers must create conducive atmosphere for imparting the best education to students and students also in turn

will show great enthusiasm in learning their day to day lessons. On the other hand, to enhance the intelligence quotient in the minds of children the teacher must introduce all novel methods. The teacher must get herself acquainted with all the students in the class and must try her level best to pay individual attention to her students so that all of them fare well in the class. The teacher plays a very vital role in moulding the character of every child in general, since most of the time the children are with the teacher apart from being at home other than the school hour. This feature can be best explained with the help of the following quotation, " if wealth is lost nothing is lost, if health is lost, something is lost, if character is lost, everything is lost". It is also essential that teahers should try to cultivate civic sense amongst students since our society should be ensured pollution-free environmentin the

nearest future. Punctuality is another feature which the teacher has to foster amongst the pupils and should explain the importance of time factor which is the dire need of the hour, particularly in a fast moving phase of ours. Being punctual to school is also a sort of discipline that cannot be infringed upon at any cost. Teachers must evolve best and innovative methods to tap the potentialities that are dormant in every child, and particularly if the child is introverted, these methods help the teachers a lot. Thus, teachers help in nurturing positive thoughts in the minds of their students and there by adopt an optimistic outlook towards life. Teachers will have to introduce value-based education in school curriculum which will help the children to enrich and mould their social behaviour and adopt themselves to varied circumstances of life. Hence it is

imperative on the part of the schools to create room for spirituality and propogate it through proper channel and thus spiritual environment also must be given due weightage so that the mind gets relaxed in a very serene atmosphere. It is essential that the spirituality must be developed at the budding stage itself so that we may not lag behind in any walk of life. Also physical education should be given prime importance, since a strong and sound mind exists in a sound body alone and the maxim of sound mind in a sound body applies here aptly. At times teachers must be tactful to coordinate the activities of all children, the outcome of which will be a united effort. Hence the importance of unity can be stressed here. Both coordination and unity is a binding factor and hence its utility has to be understood in a positive manner. Teachers must inculcate in themselves

the art of being patient to a greatest extent. Sometimes if the class behaves in an indisciplined manner, the teachers will have to curb the prevailing indiscipline in a more efficient way. Teachers have to try their level best to be good rolemodels since the students always have the tendency emulate their teachers and hence it is pertinent to note that they should cite as a good example for them. To sum up the teacher should be remarkably good enough and there should be strong rapport developed between the teacher and the students. In this way, a teacher can play the role of a good friend, philosopher and guide for their students. Thus it can be said that the teachers role is multifaceted personality and the teacher should take precautionary steps to follow the right path keeping in mind the pros and cons of their thoughts, speech and action which will leave

an everlasting imprint in the young minds. Thus the teachers have got to shoulder the greatest responsibility of moulding the character of their students and they should try to adhere to strict guidelines and their tremendous contribution to the society and also for the new generation ahead will be multi-fold. To conclude it can be said that teachers should imbibe in themselves the qualities of perseverance, integrity and dedication towards their noble profession of teaching. It is disheartening to note that at times the services of teachers are taken for granted which is detrimental to the society in general. Hence it is high time that we take adequate initiative in the direction of giving importance to the advancement of education and encourage good teachers, so that our country can stand in the fore front as against other advanced countries or at least

keep pace with other countries in every sphere of life. Source: http://www.shvoong.com /books/121366-roleidealteacher/#ixzz1Q6MX1zF t

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