The role of the teacher in modern learning organizations
Students may be the focus of education and schools may be the providers of education, but teachers are the ones that make everything possible. Without teachers schools could not provide education, while students could not get the education they need.
That’s why teachers play a very important role in today’s modern learning organizations and their success in meeting the needs of the 21st Century student.
But what exactly does this role imply? Here are a few specificities:
The modern teacher thinks differently.
Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times are long gone. In the modern world of today, teachers must not be limited by traditional, industrial-based mindsets. With all due respect for all Math teachers I had while majoring in English studies, space geometry or advanced calculus are not part of my daily adult life. And whenever I do have to do some Math, I have a calculator at an arm’s length at all times to do the job for me.
Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times are long gone. In the modern world of today, teachers must not be limited by traditional, industrial-based mindsets. With all due respect for all Math teachers I had while majoring in English studies, space geometry or advanced calculus are not part of my daily adult life. And whenever I do have to do some Math, I have a calculator at an arm’s length at all times to do the job for me.
A successful teacher today needs to be on the lookout for all technological advances and especially those that have an educational potential. Remember the Pokemon Go frenzy from last year? That was a great opportunity for students to learn and practice the conversion between the metric system and the Imperial system used in the US.
Today’s teacher is strategic in their practices
Students need shorter chunks of educational materials, due to their shrinking attention span. Bite-sized learning combined with diverse teaching strategies are not merely a desire, but an actual need. Passively processing significant amounts of information in each class does not translate to successful learning and great retention rates.
Students need shorter chunks of educational materials, due to their shrinking attention span. Bite-sized learning combined with diverse teaching strategies are not merely a desire, but an actual need. Passively processing significant amounts of information in each class does not translate to successful learning and great retention rates.
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