Time and again people have stressed the importance of education, stating that it is the cornerstone upon which lies not only an individual’s welfare, but the welfare of society as a whole. As a result of this, all attention falls on the competency of teachers and their roles as educators. Though many limit teachers’ responsibilities to teaching students academic facts based on a given syllabus, others claim that teaching staff should be involved with character development issues such as socialization, something which find me in agreement.
A first reason why teachers should concern themselves with matters other than basic academic training is because it is necessary to foster a healthy classroom environment, conducive to learning. If students are having trouble socializing properly, this may create disciplinary issues that would interfere with the smooth running of a lesson. To illustrate this point, supporters of this more holistic approach to teaching bring up instances where student feuds create tension or even open verbal abuse, both of which disrupt the spirit of openness and cooperation with each classroom should have.
Secondly, teachers and students are human beings and as such inhabit in a society based on mutual understanding and collaboration. A school should be no different than a society in this sense. One simply cannot separate academic and life skills training from one another, and students should not stop being individuals without needs and feelings the minute they step inside a classroom. Additionally, since team work will most likely to be a prerequisite skill needed in a job, it must be taught in school as well, and who better to do this than a teacher who shows interest his or her students’ interpersonal relationships.
Contrary to this, those who advocate the limited responsibilities of teachers point out the presence of school councillors who have been specially trained in their specific fields, but not in children’s psychology. Yet they are quick to criticize. Teachers are merely going to step in and offer assistance or bring students in line with the rules of the classroom, something which does not require specialist knowledge. Beside this, if a situation is felt to be more complex and instructor sees it getting out of hand, then students could be referred to the student counsellor.
Time and again
people
have
stressed
the importance of education, stating that it is the cornerstone upon which lies not
only
an individual’s welfare,
but
the welfare of society as a whole.
As a result
of this, all attention falls on the competency of
teachers
and their roles as educators. Though
many
limit
teachers’
responsibilities to teaching
students
academic facts based on a
given
syllabus, others claim that teaching staff should
be involved
with character development issues such as socialization, something which find me in agreement.
A
first
reason why
teachers
should concern themselves with matters other than basic academic training is
because
it is necessary to foster a healthy classroom environment, conducive to learning. If
students
are having trouble socializing
properly
, this may create disciplinary issues that would interfere with the smooth running of a lesson. To illustrate this point, supporters of this more holistic approach to teaching bring up instances where
student
feuds create tension or even open verbal abuse, both of which disrupt the spirit of openness and cooperation with each classroom should have.
Secondly
,
teachers
and
students
are human beings and as such inhabit in a society based on mutual understanding and collaboration. A school should be no
different
than
a society in this sense. One
simply
cannot separate academic and life
skills
training from one another, and
students
should not
stop
being individuals without needs and feelings the minute they step inside a classroom.
Additionally
, since team work will most likely to be a prerequisite
skill
needed in a job, it
must
be taught
in school
as well
, and
who
better to do this than a
teacher
who
shows
interest
his or her
students’
interpersonal relationships.
Contrary to this, those
who
advocate the limited responsibilities of
teachers
point out the presence of school councillors
who
have been
specially
trained in their specific fields,
but
not in children’s psychology.
Yet
they are quick to criticize.
Teachers
are
merely
going to step in and offer assistance or bring
students
in line with the
rules
of the classroom, something which does not require specialist knowledge. Beside this, if a situation
is felt
to be more complex and instructor
sees
it getting out of hand, then
students
could
be referred
to the
student
counsellor
.