Posted by teacher on
July 26, 2010
A teacher is one who imparts the knowledge within, to all those who are willing to learn from. The understanding of the process of imparting the knowledge is very important before one attempts to teach. A good teacher is a person who knows the subject, the subjects (the recipients of the knowledge), teaching methodology and the objective.
This can be explained by way of a simple analogy. Take the instance of electricity which is the source of power, the wires being the power transmission path, the recipient of the power are the bulbs and the objective is to ensure that the bulb glows. Compare this to the teacher the source of knowledge to electricity the source of power. The methodology adopted by the teacher to transfer the knowledge can be associated to the power transmission wire. The student who assimilates the knowledge can be compared to the bulbs and finally the objective is the knowledge gained by the students which can be ascribed to the glowing of the bulb.
Deficiency in any one of the various entities involved, will not have the desired effect.
Case 1
The electricity is there, the bulbs are there, but the transmission wire is not there. The bulb will not get power and so will not glow.
Similarly, the teacher if he/she does not want to impart the knowledge the student will not learn.
Case 2:
The electricity, the wire and the bulbs are there. The bulb might glow but the intensity of brightness could vary. If the wire is of a high resistance nature the intensity of the bulb will be reduced, while if the wire is of very very low resistance capacity, the probability of the bulb blowing is there. To ensure that the full brightness of the bulb is achieved, the right wire and resistance should be selected. Sometimes a step-down transformer is also used to ensure that the bulbs of lower capacity also glows from the same power source.
Thus the teacher to ensure that the students gain complete knowledge, must follow the ideal path. The teacher ought to ensure that every student, right from the most intelligent to the lowest IQ students gain the knowledge. Thus sometimes the teacher will have to introduce examples or may be slow down the pace (equivalent of a step down transformer) to achieve this objective. This I call the methodology or the transmission process.
From the above it is very clear that a good teacher has to have a thorough knowledge of the subject, a good understanding of all the students and their capacities and apply the right teaching mechanism to achieve the objective of ensuring that students gain the knowledge that is being attempted to be imparted.
A good teacher is one who ensure that even the lowest IQ graded student also understand the subject.
Source:eblogs.in
Posted by teacher on
July 20, 2010
A person who helps in shaping our life from our childhood days, a person who wipes our tears and makes us smile. She teaches us, scolds us, plays with us and helps us overcome our fears. These are people specially made by god to look after his small wonders. Come let’s celebrate all those people who have made an impact on us from day one. Let us celebrate Teacher’s Day.
Teachers day falls on September 5th in India. The day is celebrated to recognice the untiring work that our teachers do for us and all the pain they take to ensure that we turn out as civilised citizens of the country that we live in. Teacher’s day is celebrated since 1994 and around 100 countries participate to appreciate the efforts of teachers and express gratitude towards them. Education International and its 348 member organizations conduct public campaigns to highlight the importance of the teaching profession. It aims to support the needs of teachers and helps them to adhere to the future needs of the younger generation.
In India teachers day is celebrated with zeal and enthusiasm. 5th September announces the birthday of the great teacher and scholar , the second president of India DR Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan who was a phenomenal teacher , philosopher, writer,orator,statesman,administrator and above all, a great man. As a mark of respect to this phenomenal teacher, his birthday came to be observed as Teacher’s Day in the country.
In India a teacher is known as ‘Guru’ as ‘Sir’ or ‘Madam’ in today’s age. The role and position of a teacher is so great and highly important that we have even a sanskrit shlok to prove it, it goes” Guru Brahma, guru vishnu, guru devo maheswaraha, guru shakshat parabrahma tatmaishree guruwe namaha.” This shows that the teacher is given the important of god in the eyes of Hindu culture. We even have the famous Kabir quoting “ guru govind dau kahde kake lagu pai, balihari guru aap ne Govind diyo batai” meaning that if god and my teacher both were standing together, who should be respected first, Kabir continues saying that he show respect to his teacher as he was the one who showed him the path which leads to god. Muslims have their profit saying,’that to gain education is a must for every muslim man and woman”. All these show us the importance of education and teachers are specially created just for the purpose of imparting knowledge and creating a better universe.
Everyone parent looks upon the support of a teacher for the purpose of educating their child. it is therefore a great responsibility on the part of the teacher and they should do justice to this honourable position. Hiting the children and scolding them in front of their friends should be avoided. New and improved methods of teaching should be adopted by them for the purpose of seeing better results in their students.
The student in turn should treat their teachers with respect. Teachers day is a means of showing your love and affection for your teacher. Many students present their tecaher’s with gifts and cards. Some students write poems and messages for teachers. It is a day which is looked forward with great enthusiasm on the part of both the student and teacher
Come lets on this beautiful day remember those who made a difference to our lives. Lets tell them that they matter to us.
Come let’s wish our teacher a Happy Teachers Day!!
