Teacher Role and

Responsibilities
Objectives of Workshop 1

To revise the qualities of a good

teacher
To look at how students learn
To look at the process of
teaching and learning
Educational Beliefs

Watch video of a teacher

Think about:
 What does is important in the classroom?
 Is she a good teacher? Give two reasons
What makes a good teacher?

Qualities of a good teacher? Qualities of a bad teacher?

MIND MAP ACTIVITY

 Match the word to the correct
definition

Word Definition
Knowledge How someone acts
Attitude Ability to do something
Behaviour Information and understanding
Skills How someone thinks and feels
K/A/B/S - Definitions
KNOWLEDGE Information and
Understanding
ATTITUDE How someone thinks and feels
BEHAVIOUR How someone acts
SKILLS Ability to do something
Place the good qualities of a teacher
under the following headings

Knowledge Attitudes & Behaviour Skills

Put statements under appropriate headings

List of good qualities
Knowledge Attitudes and Behaviour
The subject to be taught Positive about teaching
How to teach the subject and how students learn
How to plan teaching Fair, teachers do not have
favourites in the class and
are interested in every
student
Praises the student for
good work and effort
Keeps calm and is patient
and helpful
Treats students with
respect and does not
treat some students
better than others
Skills
Plans to give structure to
the learning
Makes learning interesting
and relevant so the
student is motivated to
learn
Assesses student progress
so the student can
manage his/her own
learning
Manage the class room to
ensure that all students
are working well
Teaching Cycle – Incorrect order

Teach

Plan Assess

Identify
Evaluate
needs
Teaching cycle – correct order

Identify
needs

Evaluate Plan

Assess Teach
 Case Study: Missing pieces
Read this and say which of the previous 5
stages
 are covered
A teacher goes into in
the this lesson
classroom.
 Teacher: Right. Open your books at page 46.
Student: Sir, we did this last week.
Teacher: Did we? Ah yes, I remember. Ok then, go to
page 52. Read the unit and answer the questions at
the end.
The teacher sits at the front of the room, marking
the homework from another class. Half way through
the lesson, a student asks a question.
 Student: Sir, we need to look at a map to answer
question 5.
Teacher: Do you? Mmm. You’d better leave that
question out and go on to the next one.
 At the end of the lesson, the teacher leaves the
Readings: Stages of a Teaching Cycle
Each group reads the paragraph about the
teaching stage allocated
Answer the three questions below:
1.Why is this stage important?
2. How can the teacher do this?
 Each group to report to class
Thinking About Learning

In pairs discuss the question:

 How did you learn about the following examples?
 Think about – What did you learn? Who helped you and how?

Examples you could use:

 The words to a song
 Riding a bicycle
 Sharing food
 Giving an opinion
 Any others?
Thinking about learning - Three key
approaches
Read the handout – Three key approaches to teaching and learning
In groups of 3:

Write down an example from your own teaching/learning experience of each of

the three approaches to teaching and learning:
 INSTRUCTION
 DISCOVERY
 INTERACTION
 Thinking about learning – A checklist!
 Look at checklist and tick “YES” OR “NO” if you have or have not experienced
the learning activity in the list. For example:

ACTIVITY YES NO
Dictation - writing what the teachers says. ✓
Listening to the teacher ✓

Then put activities in a table:

INSTRUCTION DISCOVERY INTERACTION
Teacher-centred activities Student centred/active Student and group
learning centred/ students active
THINKING ABOUT LEARNING -
Answers
Active and Passive Learning

Active students: take control of their own

learning. They want to understand and find out
more. They like to think and make sense of
things. They ask questions.

Passive students: feel that learning is outside

their control. They feel it depends on how
clever they are or how good the teacher is.
They are often quiet in class
Which is passive learning?
Which is active learning?
Students are quiet and listen
Learn by working together to help
students understand
Learn by repeating information
Students aske questions
Students work in pairs to answer open
questions or solve problems
Little interaction between teacher and
students
Learning by being told
A lot of interaction between teacher
and students
Learn by discovery and critical thinking
Students copy or write out what the
teacher tells them
Learn by being told
Learn by listening to the teacher
What is Active and Passive
Learning?
PASSIVE
Students are quiet and listen
Students copy or write out what the
teacher tells them
Learn by being told
Little interaction between teacher and
students
Learn by repeating information
Learn by listening to teacher
ACTIVE
Students work in pairs to answer open
questions or solve problems
Students ask questions
A lot of interaction between teacher
and students
Learn by thinking and checking answers
Learn by discovery and critical thinking
Learn by working together to help
students understand
 Active and Passive Learning
AGREE STRONGLY AGREE

DISAGREE STRONGLY DISAGREE

Active or Passive?
 If I attend class and do what I am told, I will learn
 My success depends on me.
 I am responsible for my own learning.
 I don’t like it when we just sit and listen for the
whole lesson.
 If I’m finding the work difficult I can ask the teacher
for help.
 If I’m finding the work difficult I can ask a fellow
student for help
 Every student has the ability to learn
Active or Passive? continued
 If I’m not learning I need to ask for help.
 The teacher is responsible for my learning
 I like discussing my ideas
 I can’t keep up so there is no point going to school
today
 I don’t like saying what I think.
 I’m going to do my best. It doesn’t have to be perfect
 I like it when the teacher marks my work because I
know if I am right or wrong
 Students’ performance in the classroom is mainly the
teacher’s responsibility
Active or Passive? continued
 My success depends on how good the teacher is.
 Learning is something done to me by experts
 I won’t succeed so I am giving up.
 I like asking questions to help me understand
better
 I like a variety of activities during the lesson.
 Teachers should know the answer to every
question a student asks.
 I don’t like answering questions in case I make a
mistake.
REFLECTION
What have I learned today about
myself?
What have I learned about my
teaching and learning
What small goal would I like to set
for myself for my own teaching and
learning approach.