situation of professionalism in teacher education
Two
questions seeking answers in order to address the problem of determining the
impact of teacher values on teaching in general and values education in particular:
1. Is effective
teaching the expression of a general set of teacher personal values that inform
teacher behaviors and relationship with students?
2. Are there
specific teacher values that inform quality values education?
It is
necessary to establish that teaching is values laden before focusing on these
questions. In one sense teachers are social and moral educators. Teachers take positions
on a variety of social and emotional issues and develop values that are
informed by these challenges regardless of the institutional limitations within
a school.
Generally, a
teacher’s selection of subject matter, his choice of instructional strategies
and structures to communicate that content is values laden. For example
deciding between instructional models of teaching involving teacher
presentation and a collaborative approach involving students more proactively,
both sends significant messages about the teacher’s values to students.
Clement,
2010 unravels students perceptions about the caring the attitude of teachers.
Research revealed that teachers with professional values deal their students
equally, respect them as a person consider individual difference while making
expectations, offer instant constructive feedback and as role model for their
students. Professionalism and commitment are apparent in the planning.
Two of the
arguably more enduring profiles of teacher qualities and values that are
desirable in establishing teacher-students relationships to optimize an ideal
of the teacher and human being as emotional and psychologically stable, and are
described by the author as follows:
1. Realness
This includes the teacher being himself without presence of
different classroom identity. Teacher may be enthusiastic, uninterested,
interested, annoyed, sympatric and sensitive because they accepts these
feelings as her own she has no need to enforce them.
2. Prizing,
accepting trust
This
comprise the teacher way of recognizing and acknowledging his students.
Recognition should be in the way that it may not discourage other students
while encourage one in front of class. For that private recognition is encouraged
as compared to public recognition. Caring for them in such a way that their
feelings and opinions are affirmed.
3. Empathic
understanding
This
contains the teacher’s quality to demonstrate a sensitive understanding of how
his student perceive and feels about learning. Considering the context as a
major requisite for learning, Rogers said about the student voice that at last
someone understands how it feels to the students without wanting to analyzing
or judging them. In this way students can grow and learn in a healthy teaching
and learning environment.
In Pakistan
teacher education should be better now because of the schooling system. Our
teachers are well educated and responsible about the study and growth of the
children. The teachers emotionally secure and have no need to be defensive.
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