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1. TEACHER
BELIEFS AND
ATTITUDES
ABOUT TEACHING

2. DISCUSS THE
FOLLOWING
STATEMENTS.
 DO YOU AGREE WITH YOUR
COLLEAGUES OR DISAGREE.
 IF YOU DISAGREE – STATE WHY.

3. Teachers usually
stand in the
front of the
class when
teaching

4. decide how
fast the
students
should work
on tasks.

5. Teachers make
and ask the
questions
students
answer

6. Teachers
should praise
correct
answers from
students.

7. Teachers
follow lesson
plans.

8. Teachers model
and provide
model answers.

9. Teachers
discipline
students.

10. Teachers use and
operate the
equipment and
devices in class

11. Teachers reveal
personal details
about their lives
to students.

12. The
classroom is
a noisy, busy
place.

13. Learners are
usually arranged
in desks, in rows.

14. Learners make
mistakes which
teachers correct.

15. Learners compete
to answer
questions and for
the teacher’s
response.

16. Learners stand
up when they
answer or
respond in class.

17. Learners use a
textbook which
guides the class.

18. Learners respect
the teacher’s
knowledge and
experience.

19. Learners
collaborate with
each other to finish
exercises, answer
questions.

20. Learners do
homework which
the teacher
corrects.

21. Learners reveal
personal details
about themselves
in class.

22. Learners obey,
the teacher
orders and
controls the
class.

23. Look over your beliefs.
Would you expect similar
behavior in classrooms
other than your own?

24. What factors might
influence teachers
and learners to be
different?

25. There is no play book
underlying teaching practice.
Only what happens in the
classroom and how we respond
to it. TEACHING IS AN ART!
MEANING?

26. TRY YOUR BEST.
PLAN, RELECT, IMPROVE.
BE PROFESSIONAL.
BE OPEN, KIND AND SHOW YOU
CARE.
MEANING?

27. REFERENCES
 Wright, T. (1987) Understanding Classroom Role
Relationships, Roles of Teachers and Learners,
Oxford, Oxford Univ. Press.