ASSIGNMENT-PEDAGOGY

TOPIC: PROFESSIONAL ETHICS –TEACHER

INTRODUCTION

The teacher is the energetic and thought provoking engineer of the present era who moulds the future generation with amicable personality, good techniques of teaching and attractive teaching aids. He is a social engineer.

                        The teacher is the central pivot of the education system. “He is the image of Brahman” – Manu. “He is the real maker of history”- H.G.Wells. “Without good teachers even the best system of education is bounded to fail” – Humayun Kabir.

                        The reputation of the school and its influence on the life of the community invariably depends on the kind of the teachers working in it-Mudaliar commission. The teacher should be well conversant with the various techniques of teaching. He should be a leader in the community. He not only guides the individual but also the society as well. The destiny of a country is being shaped by its teachers.

QUALITIES CONCERNING A GOOD TEACHER

      THOUGHTFUL

A teacher should be thoughtful and research-minded. He should be ready to think of new innovations. A true teacher will think of his students and subject.

      ENTHUSIASTIC

He should also be interested in curricular activities. Co-curricular activities occupy a unique position in school curriculum. The society today needs not a ‘book worm’. The teacher who comes teaches and goes out but one who tries to develop the all round personality of the student.

      ACTIVE

An enthusiastic teacher will always be active. He is ready for self analysis. He respects the individuality of the child, cooperates with the students, colleagues and Head master.

      CHARACTER

Information given to students without formation of their character will ultimately lead to deformation of personality. The teacher should have good character traits which are unconsciously imitated by the students.

      HONESTY

It is also included in character building. An honest teacher will come in time, do his work in time, finish his portion in time and make internal assessment of children in time.

      ENERGETIC

The teacher should have a democratic outlook. Only an energetic teacher will have democratic outlook. He should know about his rights and responsibilities when he advocates for his rights.

      RESOURCEFUL

Mastery of the subject and command over techniques of teaching is meant here. Teaching is an art, but it can work well by using modern techniques.

            Further a teacher should be a true patriot, should have a pleasing personality, smiling face, sound mind, clear voice and good pronunciation. He should have healthy relationships with pupils, healthy and good report with his colleagues, with the head of the institution and with parents and children.

TEACHING AS A PROFESSION

Teaching has been gaining the status of a profession though it is still considered by many a vocation. Teaching can be rightly deemed as a profession because it has the following characteristics.

1.      It has well defined functions and well identified nature and scope.

2.      It has philosophy of its own.

3.      There are well organized and fully recognized professional organizations of teachers.

4.      As professional practitioners teachers too are substantially paid in recent years.

5.      The work of a teacher is presently demanding specialized professional preparation based on a technology instruction.

PROFESSIONAL ETHICS

            The standard of the teaching profession is said to be deteriorating day by day. Many teachers are forgetting their real professional functions. They are engaging themselves in local politics or other activities, which are non –academic. Hence it is high time to develop a sort of professional ethics to uphold the honor and prestige of the teaching profession. The following suggestions can take in to consideration this regard.

1.      Teachers should do nothing that causes disgrace to them personally to the profession collectively.

2.      Teachers should adhere strictly to the codes of conduct established by tradition and the great teachers of the past.

3.      Teachers should serve truthfully and honestly to realize the objectives and functions that are expected to them.

4.      Teachers should be conscientious and noble minded as far as their professional activities are concerned.

5.      Teachers should respect their fellow teachers and should never speak ill of or do harm to them.

6.      Teachers should try to continuously strengthen their professional competency so that they can serve the pupils to the maximum possible.

CONCLUSION

            The main roles that a teacher has to play are that of a theorist and that of practitioner. As a theorist he has to play the role of an educational philosopher, an educational psychologist and an educational sociologist. As a practitioner he has to play the role of an instructor, an advisor, a motivator, a counselor and a career master so on. More than this he has to take up a number of responsibilities such as attending to health care of pupils, diagnosis and remediation, evaluation of the scholastic attainments, acting as a liaison between school and the home and conducting action research for solving problems in a scientific manner.

            The concept of education has been rapidly changing these days. As a result the role of the teacher also is changing. The process of learning is considered more important than what is learnt. All these compel the teacher to take up a variety of roles and that too with a different style of action.

REFERENCES

1.      Education in the emerging Indian society- Dr.K.Sivarajan

2.      The teacher and education in Indian society- an introductory perspective – Prof.Annamma Abraham