The Role of Teachers

                                       The Changing Role of the Teacher

     The world is developing and there are some improvement in every sphere, so Education system is not exception. There have been a great number of changes in education systems worldwide recently. As part of the changes the role of schools and the role of teachers are also changing. I am going to depict characteristic features of  “ideal” teachers and a teacher role in general. A teacher is the one who shapes the personality and entire life of children. It is one of the noble professions as it contributes in building the future of the country and overall society.

   Schools are one of the first places where child’s behavior and future educational success is shaped. I believe, that teachers must love their career in order for them to pass enthusiasm, and to provide a warm environment to the students.

   Teachers are 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 mother’s 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?

    Teachers have the qualities to be or become role models for students, because most teachers respect, love, care, instruct, and guide their students to become a successful person. At the same time,a teacher should also be someone who guides student rather than someone who is a authority in the classroom.

  Everything the teacher says 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. I also believe that there should be times where fun is a necessity,because kids learn faster when they feel attracted to an exciting lesson.

   Teaching is key to student success. Teachers are responsible for developing appropriate instructional strategies to help students achieve, as well as appropriate methods for assessing and evaluating student learning.

      In the fast changing world of the early 21st century public education is also changing.There have been a great number of changes in education systems worldwide recently. As part of the changes the role of schools and the role of teachers is also changing.

    If we compare the role of a teacher in the past and now, we will see a big difference between these. In the past teachers used to be the major source of knowledge, the leader and educator of their students' school life. They used to be the authority in the class and often took over the role of parents. Nowadays, teachers not only provide information, but also show their students how to gain it.

   How do you think what is the role of teacher in modern classroom?

  First of all, teachers in modern classrooms are no longer lecturers, they are facilitators, their main task is to set goals and organize the learning process accordingly.

  One of the example of teacher contemporary role is in flipped classroom.It is a reversed teaching model that delivers instruction at home through interactive, teacher-created videos. Here students have opportunity to watch the lecture in the comfort of their home. In flip teaching, the student first studies the topic by himself, typically using video lessons created by the instructor^.  the pupil then tries to apply the knowledge by solving problems and doing practical work at class. It’s also known as backwards classroom, reverse instruction, and flip teaching.

  In typical teaching practices, students listen to a lecture at school and then do the follow up activity alone at home where a teacher cannot help them if they have difficulties. The flipped approach changes it around so students can watch the lecture alone and then go to class where the teacher is there to help.

  Let’s see what are some benefits of this method?

•        Gives teachers more time to spend 1:1 helping students

•        Builds stronger student/teacher relationships

•        Creates a collaborative learning environment in the classroom

   As you see, The Flipped classroom gives opportunity to teachers to provide a more individualized learning model for their students and it is a powerful approach to teaching that helps “students to become learners who can learn for themselves and by themselves.”

  Another difference between the past and the present role of teachers is following. Nowadays, teachers are supporters rather than educators and also advisers towards parents. Parents are involved in decision-making so they take part in the life of the school. In the past, teachers used to follow a syllabus which was compulsory for them. In this days, teachers have a National Curriculum,  that they have to consider, but - on the other hand - they have independence to choose the teaching materials (textbook), make up a syllabus of their own.

  One another difference between the past and the present tasks of teachers is represented by the technical background (computer, power point, projectors, etc). Instead of teaching with chalk and blackboard. they need to be an information technology expert, a technician or/and a photocopy master.  

   In conclusion I would like to say that , teachers' function is to play an important role in the upbringing of each person  and they have much responsibilities in front of country and nation . The worth and potentialities of a country get evaluated in and through the work of the teacher, The people of a country are the enlarged replica of their teacher. They are the real nation builders. We can say that, "a school without teacher is just like a body without the soul, a skeleton without flesh and blood, a shadow without substance".