Everyone in life has their own landmark. For some, this is a great athlete or politician, and for someone, a beloved teacher can become one.
History of the profession
One of the ancient specialties, if distinguished from the general list of professions, can be safely called a teacher. The description of its occurrence extends from the time of the slave system. In countries such as Babylon, Egypt, Phenicia and Assyria, agriculture was based on unnatural irrigation. Rivers such as the Tiger, Nile, and Euphrates constantly overflowed the banks. At this time, people appeared who monitored these operations and passed on their experience, but took this extremely strictly. Cities were built, hydraulic channels, sprouts of geometry, arithmetic, medicine and astronomy appeared. But this information was kept by the priests in great secret, transmitted from generation to generation. Despite this, already at the time of the priests there were special institutions where teachers were people who belonged to the privileged caste. Egyptian sources date the appearance of the first schools - 2500 BC. Many writers were teachers for some period of time. G.R.Derzhavin and I.A. Krylov taught the children of Prince Golitsyn for many years. N.V. Gogol and I.V. Turgenev taught geography, history and literacy. Other surnames can be included in the list - A. S. Makarenko, A. M. Gorky, etc. The role of a teacher in a person’s life is enormous, as it forms a social environment, prepares a forge of personnel and adapts the young generation to life. Each subject is able to feel a lack of knowledge. As a result, he is ready to follow a teacher who is wise, adult and helps to understand difficult life issues.
Teacher Functions
- Pedagogical. Train, improve and develop the student. The main thing in this business is joint effectiveness.
- The design function is the choice of the method and means to achieve the result. Planning, forecasting and testing are key indicators.
- Organizational. To manage the classroom - to maintain a business educational atmosphere so that there is interest in working actively and not violating discipline.
- Informational. The role of the teacher in human life cannot be underestimated , since the prosperity and power of our country largely depend on this. The main source of information for students is almost always the teacher.
- Correction, evaluation and control - to determine the goal, plan actions, evaluate the result of personal work.
- The social role of a teacher in human life is to develop trends in the team, prepare the young generation for life, and solve modern problems.
Teacher requirements
“Cultural students where a decent teacher is nearby.” (Likhachev D.S. )
The teacher knows the imperative method of special qualities. And we must understand that this is only a small part of his pedagogical work. Rational technology is the first aspect of its activity, while art can be attributed to the second half.
The first requirement includes:
- Pedagogical ability. It can be described as a love for children, which combines high professionalism when working with students and the pleasure of communicating with students.
- Humanism. Treat a person as the most important virtue on earth. Such an attitude involves respect for the individual, attention to the opinions of others, to the state of individual improvement and initiative.
- Be considerate. Pedagogical delicacy is the building of the right relationships with people, the possession of the mentor’s feeling and culture. Qualities of a personal nature in this case are inseparable from professional ones. The qualities of the character of a teacher who teach not only biology and geography, but also explain how to be the master of your word and have your own opinion are very important.
- The teacher should have such a feature as scientific passion. A professional teacher forms love and reverence for his discipline, teaches us to see the relationship between science and human development. He performs the function of a conductor and is obliged to prove the importance of science, understanding each person and forming moral views and principles in her. Such activity requires absolute dedication and constant personal development.
Teacher-student relationship
The relations “teacher and student” are characterized as joint activities in the field of education. A multifunctional interaction network is divided into 4 lines:
- Teacher-student (students).
- Apprentice Apprentice.
- Student collaboration in groups.
- Teacher-teaching staff.
The relationship “teacher and student” occupy an important place in pedagogical cooperation. High school students can consciously determine their "love" for a particular teacher. Often, a favorite teacher appears in this particular period of study. The student and mentor are able to be two subjects who are companions and represent the union of an experienced person with an inexperienced person (a combination of broad thinking and limitless imagination).
Age categories of adolescents affect the form of cooperation. So, for younger schoolchildren and children who go to the garden, a game form is characteristic. She subsequently goes into teaching. High school students need motivation. The teacher in the dialogue should convince them of the importance of mathematics, chemistry, physics and others. The teacher and student must quickly find common interest. Something that you can cling to and start a dialogue or even cognition. At any age, the role of a teacher in human life is one of the leading.
Key indicators of joint activities
With a harmonious relationship between teacher and student, you can observe:
- Better assimilation of new material.
- The increase in cognitive activity and creative independence of students.
- Getting great pleasure from lessons and being in an educational institution.
- Acquisition of social skills.
For the youngest
Primary school students consider the class a social environment, because they have not yet been in such an environment. They begin to communicate a lot with their peers, open the first paths of knowledge. At the moment when the child acquires a new activity, such as studying, he must find a “senior comrade” - a mentor who will guide him further. The teacher’s role in the child’s life is invaluable: it helps children build relationships in the team, that is, in the classroom, and can arouse the child’s interest in studying, solving simple problems, or reading. It should be understood that it is the initial link that is the foundation for the further work of the entire education system.
Favorite teacher
Every person in his life can name at least one teacher that he liked the most, and the personality of the teacher is very important. For some, this is their first mentor, who managed to quickly gain confidence. Warmth and gratitude are preserved for those educators who have preserved and increased faith, warmth, and love for life in our souls. However, a beloved teacher can appear at any age, and the criteria for his selection will be different. So, at the age of 15-16, students primarily appreciate the teacher’s professionalism, his morality and how he relates to other teenagers and how he behaves outside the educational environment.