4 - TEACHING AND LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION Flashcards
Roles of health professionals in health education
- Instructional Role
- Faculty Role
- Individual Role
- Planning and organizing courses
- Creating and maintaining a desirable group climate
- Adapting teaching and preparation of instructional materials to the needs of the students
- Motivating and challenging students to pursue and sustain learning activities
- Activities of instructors include:
1. Supplying needed information
2. Explaining, clarifying, interpreting
3. Demonstrating procedures
4. Becoming a resource person
5. Supervising students’ performance
6. Evaluating teaching and learning activities
Instructional Role
- Chairman, secretary, or member of committees
- Counselor of students in academic and non-academic matters
- Researcher
- Resource person both inside and outside of the institution
- Representative to organizations and agencies
- Public relations agent
Faculty Role
- A faculty member assumes personal roles such that they are a member of a:
1. Family
2. Church
3. Community
4. Country
Individual Role
the 12 Roles of the Teacher are created by ____________
Harden and Crosby, 2000
- mentor
- learning facilitator
- on-the-job role model
- teaching role model
- lecturer
- clinical teacher
student contact
- learning facilitator
- on-the-job role model
- teaching role model
- lecturer
- clinical teacher
- resource material creator
medical expertise
- mentor
- student assessor
- curriculum evaluator
- curriculum planner
- course organizer
- study guide producer
teaching expertise
- student assessor
- curriculum evaluator
- curriculum planner
- course organizer
- study guide producer
- resource material creator
student at a distance
Functions of a teacher
- Explaining and informing
- Initiating, directing, and administering
- Unifying the group
- Giving security
- Clarifying attitude, beliefs, and problems
- Diagnosing learning problems
- Making curriculum material
- Evaluating, recording, and reporting
- Arranging and organizing classroom
- Participating in the school activities
- Participating in professional life
Functions of a Teacher
- Expected to be well-informed in the areas in which they teach
- Expected to communicate information needed for background, enhancement, and motivation and to explain the relationship with children on a number of occasions
Explaining and Informing
Functions of a Teacher
The teacher faces and deals with many of the problems that require initiative, direction, and administration
Initiating, Directing, and Administering
Functions of a Teacher
An important task is to establish the spirit of the group within the team
Unifying the Group
Functions of a Teacher
There are children who feel loneliness, isolation, rejection, and economic insecurity, and therefore, teachers should identify the needs of the students
Giving Security
Functions of a Teacher
The teacher should clarify doubts and create opportunities for children to express their attitudes, interests, and problems, and to discuss their aims and interests and aspirations
Clarifying Attitude, Beliefs, and Problems
Functions of a Teacher
The teacher must analyze the learning problems of every individual student and should recommend possible solutions
Diagnosing Learning Problems
Functions of a Teacher
Curriculum plays an important role in the system
Making Curriculum Material
Functions of a Teacher
- The teacher should assess the progress of the class as a whole and of individual students through assessments and periodic evaluations
- They have to report the progress to the principal and the family
Evaluating, Recording, and Reporting
Functions of a Teacher
It is the teacher’s responsibility to make a classroom a beautiful place to learn
Arranging and Organizing Classroom
Functions of a Teacher
The teacher engages in other school activities like picnics, sports, and organizing some of the events
Participating in the School Activities