Salient Features of India constitution especially power and functions
Role of a teacher in school education
1. The Role of Teachers
in
School Education
T. Pushpanathan
Asst. Professor of English, School of Education,
SCSVMV University, Enathur, Kanchipuram
2. Who is a teacher?
• Teacher is the pivot of any educational system
• On him rests the failure or success of the
system
• If the teachers are intellectually alive and take
keen interest in their job, success is ensured
• They lack training in education and if they can
not give their heart to their profession, the
system is destined to fail.
• Hence, the teacher is another vital component
3. Teacher as a role model
• Theory of imitation – Aristotle.
• Good in his thought, word and deed.
• Be honest
• Students’ first hero/zero
• First impression is the best one.
4. Personality of the teacher
• Good
• Radiant
• Pleasing
• Impressive personal appearance
• Pleasant
• Enthusiastic
• Industrial
• Frank
• Tolerant
• Kind
• Straight-forward
• Open-minded
5. Character
• The teacher is the maker of man – Sir John Adams
• A flower in bloom is loved by all
• A man who is perfect in character is loved by
all
• If the teacher becomes an embodiment of
right conduct in thought, word and deed, then
the students will learn virtue.
• Teaching is a process of humanization.
6. Who is a teacher?
• “A teacher can never truly teach unless he is
still learning himself. A lamp can never light
another lamp unless it continues to burn its
own flame. The teacher who has come to the
end of his subject, who has no living traffic
with his knowledge, but merely repeats his
lessons to his students, can only load their
minds. He cannot quicken them”
-Tagore
7. Physical Health
• Sound mind and sound body
• Free from physical defects
• It will make him alert, cheerful, dynamic and
enthusiastic
• He can even maintain emotional stability
8. Mental Health
• Education is a lamp lighting another lamp, one
life making another life, A spirit speaking to
another spirit
• If the teachers have good mental health, we
can achieve these things.
• Students develop interest in their subjects
only by pleasing and genial teachers
9. Continuing……
• A neurotic teacher may spread fear,
nervousness and worry in the class
• A fanatic teacher may spread hatred,
prejudice and hostile feelings among them
• A teacher with good mental health can only
create love, interest and enthusiasm for
learning and a taste in the subject he teaches.
10. Social Adjustment
• “The true teacher is he who can immediately
come down to the level of the student, transfer
his soul to the student’s soul and see through
and understand through his mind. Such a
teacher can really teach and none else.”
– Swami Vivekananda
11. Continuing…….
• Sociability is another important quality of him
• Sound social philosophy
• Best contribution to the society
• Adjustment
• Personal worries should not be there
• Mingle with others
• Life out of the school will give him happy
social adjustments.
12. Professional Efficiency
• Devoted to teaching
• Love towards his profession
• Knowledge of
– psychology,
– Educational philosophy
– Aims,
– Content, methods and materials of instruction
– Current affairs,
13. Professional ethics
• Teachers , who consider their job as a
profession, work for pay cheque.
• They work for their own good, at the cost of
others
• Teachers, who consider their job as honorable,
work with a sense of self-fulfillment and self-
realization
14. Continuing……
• Prof. George Herbert Palmer once rightly said,
“If Harvard does not pay me to teach, I would
gladly pay Harvard for the privilege of
teaching.”
• An ideal teacher should not work for the
pecuniary motives, but with a sense of
education and for the cause of education
15. DUTIES of the teachers
• Safety and Security of Students
– Tell students about the purpose of education in the
schools
– Build one to one relationship with students
– Take-up Personality Development Programmes
– Know everything about your students
– Make students aware of realities of life
– Inspire students to face problems with braveness
– Apprise students about probable dangers and hazards in
and around school campus
– Provide your students psychological therapy
17. Teaching as a Pleasurable Activity
• Lecturing
• Working with small groups
• Designing instructional units
• Love for subject matter
• Organizing students
18. Teaching as Social Service
• It is like a nursing
• It contributes to the lives of others
• Decision to teach is deeper than a love for
subject matter
• People have attraction to the life of teacher
20. Conduct of School Activities
• Planning
• Organizing
• Guiding
• Supervising
• Evaluating
21. Conclusion
• Teacher is a dynamic force of the school
• A teacher without a school is like a body
without a soul, a shadow without substance.
• There is no greater need for the cause of
education today than the need for strong
manly men and motherly women as teachers
for the young.
• As social engineers, the teachers can socialize
and humanize the young by their man-like
qualities
