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Types of Teachers
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TYPES OF TEACHERS 2
Introduction
A teacher is a person who helps learners in acquiring competence, values and knowledge.
Most often, teachers work in a structured setting with classrooms and rules and regulations to
guide the students. Teachers are important in any society as they play an important role as they
help the learners to become good citizens of a country and dependable human within a society.
Learners are the future of our nations, and as such, the future development of almost all nation
depend on teachers (Okkinga et al. 2018). While there many different teaching styles and types
of teachers, this essay discusses three categories of teachers, namely the explainer, the involver
Explainer
A teacher who is an explainer is a teacher who is good at making concept clear and plain
to lender intelligible or understandable meaning. Most effective teachers are those who have the
explaining skills because it is through the explanation that student can be able to grasp and
remember what has been taught in class. A teacher who is an explainer entertain students while
entertaining the students by making content to be known in details by assigning relevant meaning
so that the student can understand. For a teacher to be classified as an explainer, he or she must
have known the subject matter well and in details. An involver is the second category of a
teacher.
Involver
A teacher who is an involver is the one who involves students in the learning process
through activities and tasks. This kind of teachers also are well informed on the subject matter.
organizational teaching techniques and procedures in aiding the learners to understand the
subject matter deeply. Such teachers use different teaching activities that involve the students,
and hence the students learn by active participation. The activities may vary from one topic to
the other such kind of teaching is often effective for learners in the junior level of studies who
find it difficult to concentrate for a longer period. Taking part in activities make the learners
active and acquire skills. The last category of teachers is the enabler.
Enabler
essential. A teacher who is an enabler understand the subject matter and has the methodological
know-how and more importantly has an awareness of how individual learners or groups feel and
think. Therefore, such a teacher responds to such issues actively by planning and developing
environment. The teacher’s attitude and personality encourage learning. Such a teacher share
control with the learners as such, most of the decision made in the class are negotiated or shared.
Conclusion
A teacher may be an explainer, an involver or an enabler; however, despite the traits that
may classify a teacher in either of the category’s teachers are important in the society. And
therefore, they should be respected as they play an important role in shaping the future of society
Reference
Okkinga, M., van Steensel, R., van Gelderen, A. J., & Sleegers, P. J. (2018). Effects of reciprocal