PSTM: WEEK 4 Flashcards
Roles of a Teacher
• Responsible for the effective management of the class from start to finish
• Carries systematic activities throughout the day
• Expected to maintain order in the classroom
MANAGER
Roles of a Teacher
• Teachers are expected to respond constructively when problems crop up concerning student behavior.
• Teachers provide guidance and assistance if students experience problems.
COUNSELOR
Roles of a Teacher
• Teachers encourage and motivate learners to study well and behave properly in and outside the classroom.
• The teacher is good at motivating learners to make them listen, participate, and understand instructions.
MOTIVATOR
Roles of a Teacher
• The teacher directs, coaches, supports, and delegates depending on the needs of the situation
• To be a good leader, you must be a good follower
LEADER
Roles of a Teacher
• The teacher should look his best all the time, master his lessons, show interest in the learner’s welfare, show good behavior, and include good work and attitudes.
• Teachers should be fair in dealing with students and exhibit good judgment when the situation calls for it.
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Roles of a Teacher
• Teacher deals with people outside the school with credibility.
• Teachers must have good public relations to make a good name for their school.
PUBLIC RELATIONS SPECIALIST
Roles of a Teacher
• In school, the teacher is the parent of the learners.
• Adding to the main functions of developing the learners intellectually, the teacher is also expected to train the learners socially and emotionally and to look after their physical and mental well-being.
• Teacher guarantees that the individual rights of the learners in education and safety are respected.
PARENT-SURROGATE
Roles of a Teacher
• The learners must be given the chance to discuss things under the close supervision and monitoring of the teacher.
• The teacher prepares guidelines which will serve as the focus of discussion and activities.
FACILITATOR
Roles of a Teacher
• The main function of the teacher is instruction.
• Teachers make decisions as to what to teach, what instructional materials to use what method to employ in teaching a particular content, and how best to evaluate the intended learning.
INSTRUCTOR
- Professional competence
- Interpersonal relationship
- Teaching/ Evaluation practices
- Availability to students
Hallmarks of Good Teaching
• The teacher who enjoys teaching shows genuine interest in patients and displays confidence in his or her professional abilities.
• A teacher who is creative and stimulating can excite students’ interest and can demonstrate clinical skills with expertise is
also valued.
Professional Competence
• As in all relationships, teachers must listen to learners and try to see the world through their eyes
Interpersonal Relationships
Interpersonal Relationships
Respect learners and care about their concerns
First approach
Interpersonal Relationships
Accept learners as they are, whether or not you like them
Second approach
Interpersonal Relationships
Honest communication contributing to healthy relationships with learners
Third approach
Interpersonal Relationships
Identifying the learner’s responsibilities in the learning process.
Fourth approach
are defined as the mechanics, methods, and skills in classroom and clinical teaching.
• Students value a teacher who has a thorough knowledge of the subject matter and can present material in an interesting clear and organized manner.
Teaching Practices
defined teaching practices as the mechanics, methods, and skills in classroom and clinical teaching.
• Teaching subject matter in a stimulating way and inspiring learner interest hinge on several factors such as:
• Teacher’s style
• Personality
• Personal interest in the subject
• Use of a variety of teaching strategies
Jacobson (1966)
• Allied health science students, expect the instructor to be available to them when needed. This may take the form of being there in the following:
• Stressful clinical situations
• Physically helping students
• Giving appropriate amounts of supervision
• Freely answering questions and;
• Acting as a resource person during clinical learning experiences.
Availability to Students
• The concept of guidance, which is associated with the daily activity of the classroom teacher, gives a greater responsibility to him. It means that the teacher who is dealing with children should be given in-service education to discharge his responsibilities in personal, educational, and vocational guidance.
• Making sure the young person has a voice in setting learning targets.
Role of Teachers/Medical Technologists in Guidance
• Organized, purposeful, and deliberate efforts are designed to bring about certain desirable ends in an individual.
• It is an action of a person imparting skill, knowledge, or even value to another.
• It is an attempt to assist students in acquiring or changing some skill, knowledge, ideal attitude, or appreciation.
• Is a process or set of actions to induce learning and eventually to succeed in learning.
Definitions of Teaching
Defined as a change in behavior that can be observed or measured and occur anytime as a result of exposure stimuli.
Acquisition of knowledge and skills consciously such that behavior is altered in some way
LEARNING
Factors that impede the ability to deliver educational services.
Factors that negatively affect the ability of the learner to pay attention and process information
BARRIERS
Barriers
- Lack of time
2.Lack of expertise of educational background - Lack of motivation
4.Lack of budget allocation for educational programs
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Barriers
1.Lack of time to learn
2.Illness, stress
3. Low literacy, low comprehension
4.Negative influence
5. Personal characteristics
6.Lack of support and ongoing positive reinforcement
7.Lack of willingness to learn
8.Inconvenience
LEARNING
• A professional teacher perceives himself as someone who can effect change or learning because he is an expert in what he teaches and in how he teaches.
• The teacher has a collection of best teaching practices and can use these to instruct students in classrooms and to work with adults in school settings.
• The teacher has the disposition and skills to approach all aspects of his work in a reflective, collegial, and problem-solving manner.
• Teachers have a view of learning to teach as a lifelong process and dispositions and skills for working towards improving their teaching as well as improving schools.
• “Once a teacher, forever a student”.
Professional Attributes
