Describe the role of teacher in facilitating learning and implementing curriculum. OR What should be the role of teacher in facilitating learning in the national system of education?
Teacher's Role as Facilitator of Learning The teacher is the one who does all the instruction, process, motivation etc. related to teaching in the classroom. This completes the process of making teaching dynamic and effective. In the absence of a teacher, emotional relationships (emotional aspects) do not become dominant in teaching. A teacher has the following functions
1. Providing Motivation (To Secure Motivation) - Any work is successful only when there is gaiety towards that work within the doer. Motivation is to create interest in the child towards learning. It has an important place in education. In an environment of passivity and apathy, the child is not eager to acquire new knowledge. A scholar has also said – “Motivation or enthusiasm is an important part of teaching and unless we pay attention to the motivating part of teaching, we cannot understand the real form of teaching. In the absence of guidance, there is always a possibility of children becoming confused.
There are generally three methods of navigation -
(1) By finding out the special abilities of children and by motivating them.
(2) By instructions and examples
(3) Debate, personal conversation and giving advice when problems arise.
2. To Train the Emotions of the Child (To Train the Emotion of Lear ner) - The teacher creates the right feelings in the children by teaching. There is proper training of emotions. Stable emotional life develops. This development is easily accomplished by the teacher's sympathy, love, proper work, personal contact and proper guidance. Children who come to school should feel that they are getting love and sympathy in the school in the middle of teaching.
3. To Provide Opportunities of Activeness to the student - The teacher refines the various basic tendencies of the child and gives them a definite direction, so that their all-round development can take place. The teacher has to carefully guide his children in the method of study and learning of the children and the proper way of thinking and the proper methods of evaluating the material. In this way, through teaching, the teacher provides an opportunity to the child's activity to develop at a natural pace.
4. As an informant (As an Source of Information) - Teacher provides a new structure of knowledge through teaching. He brings new knowledge to light. Reveals a variety of unknown thoughts and objects. Teachers who are more proficient in the art of storytelling; They have good knowledge of the attitudes of children, know the method of presentation of the subject, they get enough success in this field.
5. Teaching is Establishing Relationship – Education is a triangular process. The child, teacher and subject are the focal points of this action. The relationship between these three is established through education. While establishing this relationship, the teacher has to take special care of some things, in which the first is the knowledge of the nature of the child. There are individual differences in the child. For example, health, physical strength, interests, abilities, emotions, moral, temperament and intellect etc. A teacher is considered successful in his work only when he understands the individual differences of the child and provides him education. He should have knowledge of the art of establishing relation between the subject and the student. He should also have a philosophy of life, which can influence the children.
6. The task of the teacher is to teach (To Learn is the Funtion of Teacher) – The main function of the teacher is to create motivation in the children. encourage him to read. The teacher helps the child in this process. This oral principle of teaching is absorbed by all the educationists. Burton put it simply, “Teaching provides stimulation, guidance and encouragement in learning. Such an environment should be created by the teacher, in the middle of which the child develops a natural interest towards his subject and enthusiasm should work to learn it.
7. Teaching is a means of personality formation (Teaching is Means of Preparation of Personality) - It is the main responsibility of the teacher to build the right personality of the child through teaching and other sources. The physical, intellectual, spiritual and emotional development of the child takes place through the main medium of instruction. In this development such capacity comes in him that he can make his future life happy. Teaching awakens a new yearning and inspiration and generates a desire to remain progressive. Therefore, this holy sacrifice of teaching should be performed in the best way. Only then will we be able to see happiness, peace and well-being.
8. To Help the Student to Adjust Himself to His Environment – According to Raeburn, “The function of teaching is to help the child to adapt properly to his environment. By teaching, the child's response to the natural and social environment is improved in one way or the other. By this the child acquires the ability to make effective and appropriate responses and through teaching, the students get the knowledge of the art of living in this world.
Simpson has rightly said, "Teaching is the means by which society accustoms its children to adapt at the earliest opportunity to the chosen environment in which they are to live."
