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Role, responsibilities & boundaries of a teacher
A teacher’s role is multi-faceted and diverse, and includes activities ranging from administration and record keeping to delivering and evaluation of material. Tasks could include:
One of the main roles of a teacher is to facilitate learning. To ensure efficient teaching we must first understand how people learn. There are many different schools of thought and theories regarding this but they all agree on one thing – all people learn differently.
Learning theory in essence is not about the conditions required for effective learning: it is for the practitioner to extract and interpret elements from theories and apply what is perceived as relevant to his or her own teaching. (Teaching and Training in Post-Compulsory Education, Second Edition, Pg. 69)
Some of the main Learning theories are: Cognitivist (Bloom), behaviourism, Gestalt, andragogy
Learning styles of students also determine the teaching methodology and course content. Ensuring students learn effectively through understanding of their learning styles and needs.
There are other factors like motivation and barriers that affect learning.
‘Motivation is regarded by experienced and inexperienced teachers alike as a prerequisite for effective learning, and the greatest challenge that many teachers face is to make their students want to learn.’ (Geoff Petty (2004) Teaching Today, A Practical Guide, 3rd Edition, Nelson Thornes)
Communication and learning requires that the following chain works perfectly:
What I mean – what I say – what they hear – what they understand
(Geoff Petty (2004) Teaching Today, A Practical Guide, 3rd Edition, Nelson Thornes)
The role of a teacher, according to Robert Gagné, is ‘to identify the motives of students and channel them into activities that accomplish educational goals’. (Teaching and Training in Post-Compulsory Education, Second Edition, Pg. 69)
I feel this definition nicely summarises the ‘training...
A teacher’s role is multi-faceted and diverse, and includes activities ranging from administration and record keeping to delivering and evaluation of material. Tasks could include:
One of the main roles of a teacher is to facilitate learning. To ensure efficient teaching we must first understand how people learn. There are many different schools of thought and theories regarding this but they all agree on one thing – all people learn differently.
Learning theory in essence is not about the conditions required for effective learning: it is for the practitioner to extract and interpret elements from theories and apply what is perceived as relevant to his or her own teaching. (Teaching and Training in Post-Compulsory Education, Second Edition, Pg. 69)
Some of the main Learning theories are: Cognitivist (Bloom), behaviourism, Gestalt, andragogy
Learning styles of students also determine the teaching methodology and course content. Ensuring students learn effectively through understanding of their learning styles and needs.
There are other factors like motivation and barriers that affect learning.
‘Motivation is regarded by experienced and inexperienced teachers alike as a prerequisite for effective learning, and the greatest challenge that many teachers face is to make their students want to learn.’ (Geoff Petty (2004) Teaching Today, A Practical Guide, 3rd Edition, Nelson Thornes)
Communication and learning requires that the following chain works perfectly:
What I mean – what I say – what they hear – what they understand
(Geoff Petty (2004) Teaching Today, A Practical Guide, 3rd Edition, Nelson Thornes)
The role of a teacher, according to Robert Gagné, is ‘to identify the motives of students and channel them into activities that accomplish educational goals’. (Teaching and Training in Post-Compulsory Education, Second Edition, Pg. 69)
I feel this definition nicely summarises the ‘training...