Essay
on the Role of a Teacher
The role of teacher in the educational set up is very important.
It is a two-way process i.e. student and teacher, i.e. two sides of the same
coin. It is beyond argument that teacher is a backbone of the society, country
and the educational system. He represents whole of the society in school which
is a sub-society or mini society. The citizens of tomorrow are his students and
the future of the country lies in his hand.
Teacher plays an important role in different capacities. He
works as the director of the school/student and issues directions and
directives in a manner that cannot be mended. Students receive directions from
his personality and he himself introduces several techniques to direct the
students like co-curricular activities and extra-co-curricular activities in
the school.
Teacher is also a part of the organizational set up of the
school. As such, he plays an important role in the organization of the school,
activities of the school and organizing the transitional etc. Actually he is
the administrator of the school, class, and management. Since students are the
main target in whole of the educational system it need well qualified
administrator, organizer and the teacher in the person to whom everybody looks.
Teacher also plays an important role as a helper and assists the
school-students in the whole of the set up of education. He assists the
students in their problem and establishes the harmonious relationship with the
parents. Principal and members of die management etc.
Teacher is an advisor of the school, parents and the students.
The Principal and the Management also seek his help in solving the problems of
the school, students, staff etc. He performs his duties as a assistant to his
students. Besides the teaching work he assists and helps the students in their
studies and takes part in developing their personality.
Teacher is also a social-reformer. The other person equivalent
to the teacher is a social reformer.
Since students are of tender-age, a teacher fills and guards the
students. School is also a mini society and as such he plays an important role
and sows the seeds of secularism, fraternity, human values and health etc. in
the students, who are the citizen of tomorrow. He is the guide to the students
in this regard and removes the social evils.
1. Teacher as a
'spiritual preceptor' in the Vedic period.
2. Teacher as a
'communicator and provider of knowledge'
3. Teacher as a
'learning facilitator'
4. Teacher as a
'Gardner or Directress' of learning in naturalism in education
5. Teacher as a
'Manager' of learning activity in the pragmatic philosophy of education
6. Teacher as an
'Ideal Person' in the Philosophy of Idealism
7. Teacher as a
'Soldier' and 'Weapon' in Nazism and Communism
8. Teacher as an
'Agent of social change' in the Democratic Philosophy
9. Teacher as a
'Mediator' between the learner and the subject-matter
10. Teacher as a
'Transmitter' of cultural heritage
11. Teacher as the
'Educational Media User'
12. Teacher as the
'Spearhead' of change in the society
13. Teacher as die
'Harbinger' of social change.
14. Teacher as the
'learner'
Learner:
(1) To know the learner:
Unless the teacher as some knowledge of the potentialities of
the child he cannot go ahead with his task. Educational psychology helps the
teacher to understand the child.
i. His interest
attitude, and ability etc
ii. Stages of
development linked with physical, social, emotional, intellectual and aesthetic
development.
iii. His level of
aspiration.
iv. His conscious
and unconscious along with the subconscious behaviour.
v. His motivational behavior.
vi. The aspect of
his group behavior.
vii. His mental
health.
Learning Experiences
(2) To Select and Organize the
Subject-matter of the Link
I. Experiences of learning experience
after knowing the child when the stage for ready for educating the child some
questions comes in the way.
II. What type of learning experiences
learning material should be provided?
III. How do we organize or grade the
materials for learning experiences. To answer these types of questions which
belong to the area of curriculum one requires the knowledge of the
characteristics of the learner. At each stage of development, the teacher and
laws of learning which comes in the context of educational psychology.
Learning Process
(3) To suggest art and technique
of learning as well as teaching: After
deciding about the learner and the learning materials. The next problem is how
to teach and learn with the help of educational psychology which explains the
process of learning and suggests the need for effecting learning. It reveals
how to maintain interest in the learning process. It helps the teacher to
decide the way of making the pupil to know suitable way of learning. It also
suggests a technique for all kinds of learner in all circumstances.
Learning Situations
(4) To arrange the learning
situations and environment:
The way between the learner and the teacher is the educational
process which helps the teacher for taking care of the desirable learning
situations when we should have individual learning where group learning or
project work is suggested by the educational psychology. Psychology gives the
necessary art for teaching and learning, in the group or for an individual.
Learning Environment
(5) Help in maintaining
Discipline:
Knowledge of educational psychology helps the teacher to create
that type of atmosphere in which discipline can be created. It helps the
teacher to know the interest, weaknesses, strength and techniques of teaching
and learning. It helps to understand the behaviour pattern and personality of a
child.
Teacher
(6) Help in Evaluating and
Assessment:
In educational psychology it is very much essential to know the
behaviour and evaluate the measurement according to the learner. Teacher can
evaluate properly the skills of a child how to moulds him in a better way.
Rendering Guidance Service:
The knowledge of educational psychology helps the teacher in
rendering guidance service to the pupils he is a person who can know the child
even more than the parents. He can better diagnose the abilities of pupil. What
are its interests and attitudes according to that speed of development is
taken.
Solving Classroom Problems:
There are some problems like backwardness, cheating,
indiscipline improper environment in the classroom situation. Educational psychology
helps the teacher to understand the problems. So, we can say educational
psychology being a science and technology of education helps the teacher in all
facets of teaching and learning with formal, informal, curricular or co-curricular.
It does not merely equip classroom situations but other duties assign to him.
So, in this way psychology is important of a teacher to bring
amendments changing and all round development of a child. It helps in basic
construction of education and creates better understanding between the teacher
and the learner so that education should be progressive, achievement should be
fulfilling and better method of understanding a child should be creative.
Parents
(7) Helping the problem
children:
The study of problem children, their behaviour, their
characteristics and their adjustment according to group requirements. This
helps the teacher to solve the problem of the children.
Knowing about Himself:
Knowing of educational psychology helps the teacher to know
about himself his own behaviour, pattern, personality, a characteristic like
and dislikes motivations and adjustment etc. all reveal to him he also learns
the psychology to acquaint himself with the trades of successful teacher how to
characterise an effective learning all this knowledge helps him in achieving
purpose of a successful teacher.
