Written by: Dr. K. Muralidaren Mentor, HSSW
Whether all teachers reach the status of Guru is a question to be thought of. Teacher teaches for examinations but Guru teaches and preaches for knowledge and for leading a worthy life. So Guru is a person with all round knowledge of science and the knowledge of life. A teacher becomes a mentor when he takes special interest on the student and teaches his student in accordance with the needs and capacities of that particular student. A good teacher can become a mentor and in the long run may become the real Guru. A teacher gets good recognition and status when his students perform well in the society.
A good teacher has to kindle the thoughts of the students in any aspect.
Teachers should always be aware of this. Mere teaching for the sake of completion of the syllabus does not result in good teaching. A good teacher needs to take strains in understanding the contents of the lessons, prepare it for delivering in the class in such a manner that even the dry lessons are becoming easy to comprehend by the students.
A good teacher always identify the students with their capacity to understand and do not let them down for their inability or disability. Encouragement, motivation, reinforcements, guidance, counselling are the magic mantras associated with good teaching. Presence of mind, sense of humour and quoting apt examples enhance the teaching capacity of the teachers.
Teacher-student relationship is a topic often forgotten or misunderstood. A good teacher’s relationship with the students is cordial to the extent of stating it as ‘I am O.K- You are O.K’ in their transactions. Teacher can be a role model for life if not for teaching profession alone. In fact, students have to learn Emotional Intelligence from the teachers of the class rooms.
A good teacher has to kindle the thoughts of the students in any aspect. It can be in the areas of the subjects taught, or in general science or about application of science or about the environment or about the conditions of the Nation. Such kinds of analytical thinking provide food for the thought process of the pupil. What actually happens in the present day educational system is something different. Teaching is considered as a job than service. We cannot find fault with the teachers. There are so many reasons behind this situation. They are not able to move to the position of mentor or Guru. Leave alone the exceptions. In such circumstances the target of attack for the problematic student is the teacher. Such students are capable of conjoin-ing parents and school management with them.
Here, the problem students have to be corrected. The management and the teachers’ awareness about the students and their expectations have to be brought to light. Moreover the processes of best teaching have to be inculcated among the teaching community in the name of the capacity building. The Parent-Teacher Associations have to be strengthened and has to be made meaningful. These and other related areas are the areas of School Social Work. School Social Work is an area of Social Work Profession which is meant not only for counselling students but also in improving the functioning of the schools. School Social Work believes that teachers are not isolated per-sons in the educational system and teaching is not an isolated phenomenon.
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