TEACHER BELIEFS AND ATTITUDES ABOUT TEACHING

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TEACHER BELIEFS AND ATTITUDESABOUT TEACHING
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DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS.

• DO YOU AGREE WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES OR
  DISAGREE.
• IF YOU DISAGREE STATE WHY.

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• Teachers usually
• stand in the front of the class when teaching

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Teachers decide how fast the students should
work on tasks.
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Teachers make and ask the questions students
answer
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Teachers should praise correct answers from
students.
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Teachers follow lesson plans.
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Teachers model and provide model answers.
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Teachers discipline students.
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Teachers use and operate the equipment and
devices in class
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Teachers reveal personal details about their
lives to students.
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The classroom is a noisy, busy place.
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Learners are usually arranged in desks, in rows.
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Learners make mistakes which teachers correct.
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Learners compete to answer questions and for the
teachers response.
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Learners stand up when they answer or respond in
class.
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Learners use a textbook which guides the class.
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Learners respect the teachers knowledge and
experience.
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Learners collaborate with each other to finish
exercises, answer questions.
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Learners do homework which the teacher corrects.
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Learners reveal personal details about themselves
in class.
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Learners obey, the teacher orders and controls
the class.
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Look over your beliefs.Would you expect similar
behavior in classrooms other than your own?
Lets Think about our answers
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What factors might influence teachers and
learners to be different?
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There is no play book underlying teaching
practice. Only what happens in the classroom and
how we respond to it. TEACHING IS AN ART!
What does it MEAN?
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TRY YOUR BEST.PLAN, RELECT, IMPROVE.BE
PROFESSIONAL.BE OPEN, KIND AND SHOW YOU CARE.
MEANING?
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REFERENCES

• Wright, T. (1987) Understanding Classroom Role
  Relationships, Roles of Teachers and Learners,
  Oxford, Oxford Univ. Press.