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Aragon EdD

Module I NATURE OF TEACHING AND TEACHING ROLES

Lesson II: The Roles of a Teacher

Introduction

The term Renaissance Man refers to someone who is good at almost

everything. One of the most famous Renaissance man was Leonardo Da
Vinci who excels in a numerous types of crafts including painting and
sculpting and our very own Jose Rizal who aside from a writer is a teacher
and an ophthalmologist.
Teachers are also known as somebody who excels in a lot of roles.
Here are the identified roles of a teacher,
1. As a Person
2. As a Professional
3. As a Community Leader and Social Advocate
4. As a Model of Character
5. As an Expert

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the lesson, the students must have:

1. defined what teaching is;

2. described the various roles of a teacher;

3. identified the different challenges of teaching; and

4. differentiated UNESCO’s 4 Pillars of Teaching.

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Content Input

Varied Roles of a Teacher

1. As A Person
• Two major aspects of personality are of supreme importance to any healthy,
productive, creative individual:

A) understanding of, and sensitivity to, others, based on realistic self-

concept, and translated into meaningful, satisfying relationships; and
B) personal competencies through which one gains satisfaction in one’s
own life

• The teacher, as a person, develops understanding for others, understanding

of himself, and satisfying relationships through perceptive interaction with
others in many situations.

• He/She grows by becoming aware of the strengths, weaknesses, needs and

desires of others.

• In the light of this awareness, he/she examines his won strengths,

weaknesses, needs and desires; the ways in which he can put his strengths to
best use, overcome his weaknesses, and improve his effectiveness in
satisfying his needs.

2. As A Professional
• The teacher as a professional person, is strengthened by improving:

A) his/her knowledge of subject matter, the techniques and the

processes of inquiry in which he/she guides his/her learners
B) his/her knowledge of the learning process

C) his/her knowledge of teaching techniques

• Knowledge of the materials to be taught can be extended by in-service

courses, seminars, summer classes.

• Another means of gaining knowledge of the materials to be taught is the

personal adventure into that material.

• Knowledge of the learning process can be gained through the writings of

psychologists and educators.

• A real understanding of the process can best be gained by experiencing it.

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• One’s experiences with learning process, becoming aware of its frustrations,

its challenges and rewards, should also be given importance.

• Techniques of teaching can be handed down from teacher to teacher, but

are most effective when they are a product of one’s own experiences and
thinking.

• As other understandings are gained, techniques develop naturally.

3. As A Community Leader and Social Advocate

• The teacher is also under obligation to the community in which he serves as a
leader of youngsters.

• He/She has an obligation to uphold the values and goals of the educational
world.

• He/She has the opportunity to educate the community in the purposes and
practices of his/her educational system, and to gain the support of his
community in achieving these.

• The teacher gains satisfaction and stature from taking his/her place as an
active citizen of the community.

• It is necessary for the teacher in the school, but also to make a place for
himself as a person in the community which he/she lives.

4. As A Model of Character
• In ethics, integrity is regarded by many as the honesty and truthfulness or
accuracy of one's actions.

• A person of integrity behaves in virtuous ways, such as keeping promises and

refraining from lying, cheating and stealing.

• Teachers are expected to demonstrate integrity by respecting students,

teaching fair play, treating everyone with kindness and serve as a role model
for young people to follow

• When discussing behaviour and morality, an individual is said to possess the

virtue of integrity if the individual's actions are based upon an internally
consistent framework of principles.

• Teachers who demonstrate integrity are accountable for providing academic

programmes of quality and positive educational experiences.

• A teacher with character demonstrates that integrity is a prized possession. .

5. As An Expert
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According to Professor John Loughran,Dean of the Faculty of Education of

Monash University:

• expert teachers make a conscious effort to ensure that their teaching

intentions are in accord with the learning expectations they have for their
students.

• expert teachers are aware of what they are doing; they monitor and adjust
their teaching behaviours to bring out the best in their students.

• expert teachers know what they are doing and why because they carefully
consider how to structure their teaching in ways that will have a positive
influence on their students’ learning.

• Expertise in teaching involves much more than the simple accumulation of

technical skills and tips and tricks about how teaching is done.

• Although technical competence is an important base from which expertise in

teaching grows, it is important to recognise that teaching is an educative
process and it cannot simply be measured against a list of competencies.

• Recognising expert teachers matters, highlighting that expertise is crucial,

and rewarding it is central to better understanding and valuing the
profession.

The 21st Century Teacher

Teachers should be able to adapt to the nature of the learners at present.
They need to have a good understanding of the diversity of learners, their varied
thinking and learning styles, their multiple intelligences and the unique and special
learning needs of all types of learners. Teachers in the 21st century should be
inclusive of all learners.

(Maglaya et al 2014). (Galang et al)

2. The Adaptor
● must be able to adapt the curriculum and the requirements to teach
to the curriculum in imaginative ways
● must also be able to adapt software and hardware designed for a
business model into tools utilizable by a variety of age groups and
abilities.
● must also be able to adapt to a dynamic teaching experience. When it
all goes wrong in the middle of a class, when the technologies fail, the
show must go on.
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● must understand and apply different learning styles; must be able to

adapt one's teaching style to be inclusive of different modes of
learning.

3. The Visionary
● must see the potential in the emerging tools and web technologies,
grasp these and manipulate them to their needs
● can look at other's ideas and envisage how they would use these in
their class.
● looks across the disciplines and through the curricula. They can make
links that reinforce and value learning in other areas, and leverage
other fields to reinforce their own teaching and the learning of their
students.

4. The Collaborator
● must be able to leverage collaborative tools to enhance and captivate
learners.
● must be collaborators: sharing, contribution, adapting and inventing.

5. The Risk taker

● must take risks and sometimes "surrender" to the students'
knowledge.
● has a vision of what he or she wants and what the technology can
achieve, identify the goals and facilitate the learning.
● Uses the strengths of the digital natives to understand and navigate
new products, have the students teach each other.

6. The Learner
● expects students to be life-long learners
● continuous to absorb experience and knowledge
● Changes and learns as the horizons and landscape changes.

7. The Communicator
● fluent in tools and technologies that enable communication and
collaboration.
● goes beyond learning just how to utilize technology.
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● knows how to facilitate, stimulate and control technology, moderate

and manage it.

8. The Model
● models the behaviors that are expected from students.
● models reflective practice, whether it is the quiet, personal inspection
of their teaching and learning, or through reflective practice via blogs,
twitter and other medium, these educators look both inwards and
outwards.
● models a number of other characteristics- tolerance, acceptance, a
wider view than just their curricular areas, global awareness and
reflection.
From this list, we can say that each teacher should also be labeled as the
Renaissance Man.

Now, based on what was discussed, create an acrostic detailing about the roles
of a teacher. Write a single word in each letter and explain in at least one sentence
its connection to the role of a teacher. The first one is done as an example.

T- Trainer -A teacher thinks of ways to innovate and

transfer their own knowledge to help students be
equipped with necessary skills.

E-

A-

C-
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H-

E-

R-