Roles & responsibilities of a teacher by bunpeiris

Roles & Responsibilities of a Teacher
by B. Upul N. Peiris [bunpeiris]
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 Caring Teacher : patience & empathy
 Competent Educator : knowledge & methodologies
 Confident Professional : belief in himself
Then the teacher becomes a fully fledged educator, a true
MENTOR, an influential supporter to the learners
 Such a mentor continue to read, teach, learn, write, record &
share
 Herein a teacher in Literature sets up an ON THE JOB ROLE
MODEL to the learners

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 The concept of C3TEP is derived from the
TEACHERS’ STANDARDS, i.e.
 Education is his first concern
 Reach for the highest possible standards in work &
conduct
 Act with honesty & integrity
 Have expansive knowledge on his subject
 Up to date in knowledge & methodologies in teaching
 Forge professional relationships
 Work for best interests of their pupils
 Above is derived from the preamble to “Teachers’Standards” of Dept.
of Education, UK, May 2012.

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THE “TEACHERS’ STANDARDS” lays
down DEFINITE RESPONSIBILITIES
TOWARDS
the students
himself
education
teaching colleagues
the school/college/institute
the certification awarding body
the country specific educational body

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Responsibilities towards
students: To infuse
cardinal principles [1918]
 Health
 Command of
Fundamental Processes
 Worthy Home
Membership
 Vocation
Civic Education
 Worthy use of Leisure
 Ethical Character

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Why Seven Cardinal Principles are important?
For eg. civic education: our rights and responsibilities to
our country, our people
Why
did Julian Paul Assange publish U.S. military and
diplomatic documents in WikiLeaks?
Did Edward Snowden leak top-secret United States and
British government mass surveillance programs to the press?
was that a 13 year school girl given a disproportionate
punishment for stealing 8 coconuts?
Valjean was imprisoned for 19yrs for stealing a loaf of bread?

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WHY DO I ASK THE LEARNERS ALL THESE
VARIED QUESTIONS? BECAUSE the
teacher
 teaches literature
 wants all learners to become thinkers
 wants the learners to learn of the humanity.
 can relate her disciplinary knowledge to other
subject areas & everyday life
 wants to be a mentor, MENTOR , an
influential supporter to the learners.
 wants to facilitate the learning process

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 WHY DO I ASK THE LEARNERS ALL THESE VARIED
QUESTIONS? BEACAUSE as Wisconsion Teacher
Education Standard No 1 of 10 says the teacher
 understands the central concepts [Knowledge
of the teacher]
 can create interdisciplinary learning experience
that allow the learners to integrate
knowledge, skills & methods of inquiry from
several subject areas. [Skills of the teacher]
 is enthusiastic of disciplines he teaches and see
connections to everyday life [Dispositions of
the teacher]

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Towards students: to facilitate the learning process
John Dewey, (1897)
 Student centered methodology
 Students are active
 Students are engaged in learning activities

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Dewey argued that education and learning
are social and interactive processes
and thus the school itself is a social
institution through which social reform can
and should take place.
In addition to Seven Cardinal principles
Gene Carter (2012) proposed that the
purpose of schools must be preparing
children to compete in the global
environment.

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 In addition to the regular ethical responsibilities of a teacher
towards the students, teacher is empowered in the Law under
the doctrine of “in loco parentis”
On-line “The free dictionary” explains
 „For hundreds of years, the English common-law concept
shaped the rights and responsibilities of public school teachers:
 until the late nineteenth century, their legal authority over
students was as broad as that of parents.
 Changes in U.S. education, concurrent with a broader reading
by courts of the rights of students, began bringing the concept
into disrepute by the 1960s.
 Cultural changes, however, brought a resurgence of the
doctrine in the twenty-first century‟.
 At school, teacher assumes the role of “replacement parent”

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ROLES OF A TEACHER
Facilitator or learning mediator or
MENTOR, an influential supporter
 Consultant
 Information provider
 Resource provider
 Resource developer
 Planner
 Assessor
 Role model
 Teacher manages the class, activities &
learning

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Replace “Medical Expertise” with “expertise in curriculum”

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The Role of teacher in Literature:
mentor, an influential senior supporter
 Teacher joins the students in shared writing thereby
becoming a Mentor.
 Teacher sets up a literature discussion in the class
moving in and out of the discussion in his role as
a mentor.
 Teacher in his role as a mentor, set up links
between our lives, the world at large and literature.

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Facilitator: mentor, learning mediator
In the 21st century: from teacher centered
to learner-centered
The reasons for this Transition form
Teacher-centered to learner-centered,
as I gather, are as follows
[a] The wealth of information has no bounds
[b] The information is freely available
[c] Monotonous lectures bring about the
lowest retention power in learning

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Edgar Dale’s The Learning Pyramid
the Greatest Methods of Learning Retention are at the Base of
the Pyramid.
This is achieved through Discussion Groups, Practice-By-Doing
Activities, Sharing Ideas and Teaching Others.

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However 21st century learner-centered model
is not free of drawbacks. McCrorie (2006) as
cited in London Deanery (2012)[online]
summarizes some of the problems .
students cannot be encouraged to talk except
with difficulty
students do not prepare for the sessions
one student dominates or blocks the discussion
the students want the answers not the questions

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 Since such are the possible classroom complications, the
educator has to be a versatile character and adopt to the
situations.
 McCrorie(2006) as cited in London Deanery (2012) [online] says the
educator, in his ideal state, with learner-centered model
 is enthusiastic
 has organized the session well
 has a feeling for the subject
 can conceptualize the topic
 has empathy with the learners
 understands how people learn
 has skills in teaching and managing learning
 is alert to context and „classroom‟ events
 is teaching with their preferred teaching style
 has a wide range of skills in their teaching repertoire, including
„questioning, listening, reinforcing, reacting, summarising and
leadership‟

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 The birth of the learner-centered model is best be heard of
master practitioners. Altan & Trombly (2001) says
 „Creating a learner-centered classroom is a response to the
problem created when a student’s learning style
differs from the teacher’s teaching style.
 The way a teacher presents subject matter may conflict with
students‟ ideas about learning, thus resulting in no learning.
 Therefore, it is the teacher‟s duty to respect individual learner
differences and to assist the students in discovering
their own learning processes and preferences.
 It requires putting students at the center of classroom
organization and respecting their
needs, strategies, and styles’.

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learner-centered model can be adapted in
educating the Children with special needs
too since learning by kinesthetic movement
is one of its aspects.
TRECC [2013] online states
„Children with special needs deserve the same
free and appropriate education that
all children receive.
Difficult yet rewarding [eg. Taare Zameen Par]
Children with special needs learn best when they
are touching and manipulating objects
This kinesthetic movement makes their brains
react and see things in a different light.

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 London deanery, 2012. The Role of the teacher [online]
Available at http://www.faculty.londondeanery.ac.uk/e-learning/small-group-
teaching/the-role-of-the-
teacher/view?portal_status_message=Error%20creating%20PDF%20file
[Accessed on 26th July 2013]
 Mustafa Zulkuf Altan and Christine Trombly, 2001. Creating a Learner-centered
Teacher Education Program [online]
Available at http://xkwq.e21.cn/content.php?id=58239
 Free Dictionary [online]
Available at http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/In+loco+parentis
 The Humanity Formula 2012 [online]
Available at http://margaretfarid.wordpress.com/2012/11/18/the-humanity-
formula/
 Wessling, Sarah Brown Improving Practice, Teaching Channel [on line]
Available at https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/improving-teacher-practice
Image in Slide 11
 Wisconsin Teacher Education Standards
Available at http://www.uwlax.edu/des/DESPortfolio/2.KSD_Standards.pdf
[ Accessed on 26th July 2013]

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List of Reference
 Carter, Gene, 2012 What‟s the purpose of school in the 21st century [Online] Good
Available at http://www.good.is/posts/what-s-the-purpose-of-school-in-the-21st-
century#access_token=CAAAAHKFdD50BALi705iAb1Dr9QZCrxh6aPyLI9yAonJAA3rZA9QcYH1AwGmIcDl
aML7fMCFHtQgt0B2ZCs3SSpMtBlFC1sGgPXTD0RkRyki1Xknddw4nlMsZAqoewKxm1PM6JbN7CJHdYzf1Wo
gkLrvCMJMKMdP891IsDzfMZBgZDZD&expires_in=5793
 Cindy Harrison and Joellen Killion 2007 Ten Roles for teacher [online]
Available at http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/sept07/vol65/num01/Ten-Roles-
for-Teacher-Leaders.aspx
 Educating Children with Special Needs 2013 [online]
Available at http://www.trecc.org/educating-children-with-special-needs/
 Gregory, Corinne, 2011 [image online] What happened to “good citizenship”
Available at http://corinnegregory.com/blog/2011/01/20/what-happened-to-good-citizenship/
[Accessed on 26th July 2013] Slide 4
 National Training Laborataries, Bethel, Maine. Learning Pyramid [image online],
http://www.ntl.org/inner.asp?id=263
Available at http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/02/26/the-learning-pyramid/

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 [Mentor teacher resources, University of Main Farmington] n. d. [image online]
Available at http://fieldservices.umf.maine.edu/mentor-teacher-resources/
[Accessed on 5th August 2013] Slide 1
 [Cardinal Principles of Secondary Education, Open Library ] n. d. [image online]
Available at
http://openlibrary.org/books/OL246558M/Cardinal_principles_of_secondary_education.
slide 3
 [The good teacher is more than a lecturer: the twelve roles of the teacher, New castle
University], n. d. [ image online]
Available at
http://www.medev.ac.uk/resources/extended_summaries_of_amee_guide/guide20_summary/
[Accessed on 5th August 2013] – Slide 11
 [Improving Practice with Sarah Brown Wessling, Teaching Channel ] n. d.[image online]
Available at https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/improving-teacher-practice
 [10 ways to teach literature , 2009, New York Times on the web] n. d.[ image online]
Available at
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/issues_in_depth/10TeachingLiteratureIdeas.html

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