1. Lecture one What is a Teacher?
WEEK ONE
Lecture one
What is a Teacher?

2. What is Teacher ?
“All teachers have some theory of what teaching is when they are doing it, even if they are not explicitly aware of that theory...”
Gow and Kember, 1993 cited in Biggs and Tang, 2007, p.15.

3. The Role of a teacher
Teaching is a process intended to support learning by inducing a change in the person taught.
Teaching is an art of communicating a message that will have impact on your audience.
Pedagogy is the art or profession of teaching.

4. A GOOD TEACHER Are helpful and supportive
Take time to explain material in depth
Are friendly
Understand and know the subject well
Use a variety of teaching style and innovative approaches
Are fair and have equal standards and expectations of pupils, regardless of test scores

5. A BAD TEACHER Are mean and unfair
Are unwilling to help or explain material and ideas
Are judgemental of pupils’ parents and siblings
Are unwilling to change their teaching methods
Are disrespectful of pupils
Are unsympathetic to pupils’ personal problems
Are intimidating and verbally abusive

6. The Task of a Teacher
There are six areas to be considered. Setting up an environment for learning, Clarifying Objectives, Motivating Students, Sequencing Subject Matter, Understanding individual differences, Providing for individual differences

7. Setting learning environment
The environment for learning is developed by:
The way in which we set up the classroom
The way we ask questions
Our ability to find the teachable moment

8. Clarifying Objectives
Setting realistic goals
Identification and clarification of associated objectives:
knowledge
skills
dispositions

9. Motivating Students
Creating materials and activities to arouse interest
Engaging in goal setting with the students
Using rewards and (sometimes) competition
Providing students with knowledge of their progress

10. Sequencing Subject Matter
Organizing what will happen in the year, in the term, each week
Organizing different classes during the day
Organizing activities of each class in a way that will encourage students’ learning
Connecting new knowledge to the outside world

11. Understanding individual difference
Being able to recognize and understanding differences in your classroom:
Gender
race
culture
language
social class

12. Providing for individual Difference
Doing something about individual differences means:
Taking account of ways in which students’ background impact on how they learn
Trying to group students in ways that will maximize their learning
Using resources that are appropriate to the range and differences among your students