Review Theories of the Role, Responsibilities and Boundaries as a Teacher.
Teachers have roles; responsibilities and boundaries to which they should adhere to in order to efficiently educate a learner. The term ‘teacher’ is one of many that are used to describe a person (or persons) that educates one or more people in gaining a new skill. This new skill could be anything from curriculum in schools to learning how to drive. Other names for a ‘teacher’ are coach, instructor, lecturer, mentor, presenter, trainer and tutor. Whichever name is used depends on the situation the teacher is in. For example a person teaching someone how to drive would be labelled as an instructor whereas a person teaching someone how to play a sport would be labelled a coach. For the purposes of this essay, any person that is educating will be labelled as a ‘teacher’. This also applies for the teachers ‘learners’ for whom they are educating. Learners can also be called apprentice, student, participant, pupil or trainee to name a few. Again the name given to the learner depends on the situation. For the purposes of this essay these will be labelled as ‘learners’.
The main role of a teacher would be to teach the chosen subject (in this case Media) in a way that will involve and engage learners throughout, lesson after lesson. Other roles of the teacher include; preparing and planning each session; being supportive towards learners; being friendly and approachable; provide solutions to problems such as guiding a learner to the; provide feedback offering constructive criticism if necessary; allow learners to discuss their learning; use a variety of learning styles when teaching; acting as a role model for the learners; maintain a positive learning environment; respect the learners; work with moderators and organisations; encouraging learners to achieve their potential; teach without automatic assumption that jargon will be understood. Another role of the teacher is setting boundaries, and just as important, maintaining these boundaries. Adhering to these boundaries
The main role of a teacher would be to teach the chosen subject (in this case Media) in a way that will involve and engage learners throughout, lesson after lesson. Other roles of the teacher include; preparing and planning each session; being supportive towards learners; being friendly and approachable; provide solutions to problems such as guiding a learner to the; provide feedback offering constructive criticism if necessary; allow learners to discuss their learning; use a variety of learning styles when teaching; acting as a role model for the learners; maintain a positive learning environment; respect the learners; work with moderators and organisations; encouraging learners to achieve their potential; teach without automatic assumption that jargon will be understood. Another role of the teacher is setting boundaries, and just as important, maintaining these boundaries. Adhering to these boundaries
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