A Typical Classroom?

What is a good
teacher?
 “GOOD TEACHERS ARE
BORN,NOT MADE”

 People who has an affinity for the job.

 Others do not have that natural gift.

 Such teachers learn through:

I. Personality
II. Intelligence
III.Knowledge
IV.Experience
1. The Teacher as Controller
 Teacher in charge of the class and
of the activity
 Teacher-fronted classroom
All attention is focused on the front
of the class.
All students work at the same beat.
Teachers do most of the talking.
It is vital that control be relaxed if
the students are to be allowed a
chance to learn.
2. The Teacher as Organizer

Teacher should be able to organize

students to do various activities.

Engage Initiate

Instruct Organize
Feedback
 Organiser
• Planning.
• Organising the activity.
• Instructions / Rubrics.
• Organisation of an activity can be divided into
different stages:
LEAD IN: Introduction of the activity. The hook.
INSTRUCT: Rubrics: make sure the students have
understood.
Model the activity. (Demonstrate)
Initiate the activity.
Organise feedback.
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3. The Teacher as Participant

• Teachers may want to join in activity not as

teachers, but as participants in their own
right.
• Students will enjoy having the teacher with
them.
 PARTICIPANT
• Teachers stand back from the activity and
they let their learners to get on with it.
• Feedback / correct mistakes
• It can be enjoyable
4. The Teacher as Assessor
Teachers should be able to offer
feedback, give correction and grades
students in various ways.
5. The Teacher as Prompter
Teachers should be able to
motivate their students
 PROMPTER
• Encourage students / Creativity.
• Teachers need to do it
sensitively and encouragingly.
6. The Teacher as Resource
• Teacher will want to be helpful and available
• Teachers answer to some questions from the
students
• Teachers can be one of the most important
resources students have when they :
Ask how to say or write something
Want to know what a word or phrase
means
7. The Teachers as Tutor
• Teachers working with individuals or
small groups
• Teacher will allow more personal contact
and real chance for feel supported and
helped.
 TUTOR
• It combines the roles of prompter and
organiser.
• Teachers are advisors.
• The classroom´s atmosphere is greatly
enhanced.
8. The Teachers as Observer
• Even when we are in other roles, we
need to be observing what is going on in
the classroom at the same time
• Be alert at all times to the effects of our
actions and student interactions
• Through constantly observing and
questioning our procedures and looking
out for what leads to successful learning
(and what does not), we can develop as
teachers
 WHICH ROLE?
• Teachers need to be able to switch
between the various roles, judging when it
is appropriate to use one or the other
• Teachers need to be aware of how they
carry out the selective role and how they
perform it
 The teacher as Performer
“sage on the stage”
• Teachers may also ‘perform’ to different levels at
different times in the classroom
• The teacher can therefore assume a role and act out
that role.

• TASK
• How do you think the teacher should ‘perform’ during
the following tasks? Choose adverbs:
– 1. Team game
– 2. Role-play
– 3. Teacher reading aloud
– 4. Whole-class listening
‘An understanding and awareness of the intricacies of the social
and psychological processes of the classroom is central to
effective teacher development’ Wright, T. 1987. Roles of the Teacher and Learners.
Oxford: Oxford University Press. (p.84)

• Approachable • Respectful
• Friendly • Encouraging
• Flexible • Motivating
• Fair but firm • Resourceful
• Well-prepared • Explain and offer
• Inclusive i,e rationale
sensitive to
individual needs
 Teachers Oath
We teachers promise today that…
• We will teach with full commitment.
• We will treat every child in the class as
equals.
• We will be faithful to our duties.
• We will encourage every child to do
better in all the activities.
• We will be loyal to our school.
• We will reach on time to the class and
teach the lessons with full preparations.
• We will bring up every child with love for
parents, respected for teachers and
loyalty for the nation.
• We will pay special attention to the
slow learners in the class.
• We will make every child smile and be
happy in our class.
• We will respect the individuality of
every child and encourage them.
 You are called to make a difference….

Dear Teachers let us make every

child in the class feel that they are
loved, cared and wanted...

May our Teaching profession continue to inspire millions….