The Role of a Teacher in Education & Student’s Life

Teachers play a key role in education and also student’s life. A person with proper vision, experience and an education degree can enter the teaching profession. Teaching job is a greater responsibility than a mere job. It has impact on the growth and well-being of the nation.

“It lies largely in His teacher’s hand to mould the mind of the Child who is Father of the Man. If He is patriotic and devoted to the National Cause and realizes His responsibility, He can produce a Race of Patriotic Men and Women who would religiously place the Country above the Community and National Gain above Communal Advantage.” (Madam Mohan)

These simple lines depict the role of a teacher in the society.

The teacher today is quite diverse than past and has a wide role in almost every occupation. In many cases of a successful student, there seems to be a good teacher. The relation seems to be very harmonious with complete dedication and affection from the teacher towards the student. This phenomenon had never been the other way.

Education is necessary for politicians, businessmen, artists, farmers, religious groups, students, etc. for their respective career growth. Some of the great teachers were the cause of political and industrial revolutions around the world. Their vision helped various societies to gain self-sufficiency and financial freedom. Some of them helped the spread of knowledge and establishment of good educational institutes. Education is vast and it has grown to a large extent in the last century. Many fields in science, commerce, arts have come up and the area of study is very large. So considering these developments a teacher has to imbibe the education of his subject to a complete extent possible to deliver when needed. He/she has to write books, articles, conduct seminars, etc. to publicize the knowledge needed to the society. The education system has to be designed and taught so that learners can do some sort of service to society after attaining it. The knowledge has to be imparted to pupils within a short time period, in a most understandable way using effective teaching strategies like academic software. The teacher should avoid creating confusion and misrepresenting of education to students and society. Due to many courses available for study, there is also a good level of confusion among parents and students to select the courses of study in terms of job prospects and career aspirations. So the teacher should guide in such a way it is beneficial to the student on the long run without just thinking of monetary gains to the school or education institute.

A teacher plays an important role after parents in molding the students. Students are to be handled with affection and courtesy. The students’ point of view must always be considered once before the teacher applies his or her opinion on them.

An ideal teacher should be impartial, disciplined, not affected by respect or insult and be courteous.

The teaching should be done from the level/knowledge of the learner, then gradually upgrade to a higher level and not to reverse so as to leave them empty minded.

Teaching should be done by reference to standard textbooks for each topic in the subject. This helps students get complete and reliable information. Moreover, students should be encouraged to refer to standard books. This will help them gain more information and also enhance their comprehension and reading ability so that they can score well in the exams due to more detailed information.

In the classroom the teacher should provide proper encouragement for pupils. The students must feel free to approach with any questions or doubts to discuss the issues.

The teacher should encourage the students to take notes in class. This helps them improve their writing skills, understand better and stay attentive in class. The teacher has to use effective teaching strategies like chalkboard, videos, pictures, animations to impart the knowledge in an easy manner.

The teacher has to let the students understand the aspects of career growth, scholarships available, future prospects in a particular field, etc. The teacher must make them aware of better universities and colleges. Many students do not know better options for future studies.

When a student has some problems with behavior or thought process the teacher should help him or her overcome the problems by showing special affection and attention to the student.

The relationship between a teacher and a student should be like a fish and water but not like a fish and a fisherman. In a student and teacher relation the teacher should give affection and attention and take respect and regards from students.