Answer to Question #317434 in English for Thandeka zulu

Question

compare the role of the life skills teacher with that of a normal class teacher

Answer 1

Teachers play a very <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: inherit;">important role in a student’s life</strong>. As a teacher, one must bring out the best in students and inspire them to strive for greatness. Students are considered as the future of the nation and humankind, and a teacher is believed to be a credible guide for their advancement. Not only do they guide students in academics or extracurricular activities, but teachers are also responsible for shaping a child’s future, making him/her a better human being. A teacher imparts knowledge, good values, tradition, modern-day challenges and ways to resolve them within students. A good teacher is an asset to the students.

A teacher’s presence in a student’s life can boost their morale and guide them to be more valuable in life. Now to perform this task perfectly, a teacher must possess certain qualities-

Should be impartial, he/she must treat all the students equally.

Must be an embodiment of patience. Since the pace and speed of learning are different from one student to other, it is very important to understand students, their skills, talent, memory and treats them individually to guide them towards the best.

A teacher must have problem-solving skills to help students overcome their challenges.

Role of a Teacher in Education?

Education has changed a lot in recent times. It’s more interactive now with the intrusion of digital media. The new-age technology like artificial intelligence, augmented reality are opening a new dimension in education.

But there is a large role that the teacher has to play here.

They are no more seen as the only keeper of information. Information is already shared and students have chewed them, digested them.

So, what work is left?

There is a gap between the information and knowledge, real education.

Teachers can gear up to help students to understand knowledge and concepts outside the textbook. More the teachers interact with the students with viable, real-life examples, incidents, etc, students will have a better understanding and more awareness of the subject. With real-life examples, they can apply their lessons to many subjects. The teacher has to be a consistent guide here to help the student in graduating from one lesson to another.

Career Counselling

Have you ever heard about “Problem of plenty”? Today’s students face that while choosing a career.

There are so many options available and for an inexperienced student that it becomes really difficult to steer their career in the right direction.

A teacher is a big help here. They have undergone similar experiences and they certainly know what will work best and whatnot.

Students need to be guided to pick the best career that suits their talent, skill and give them the best platform to expose themselves without any inhibition.