Teaching Profession Essay

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Module 8: THE TEACHING PROFESSION LEARNING OUTCOMES When you complete this chapter you should be able to: * Define the attributes of a profession * Differentiate between teacher preparation programmes adopted in different countries; * Discuss the effort made to ensure the status of teachers is high * Identify the reasons for deterioration of the status of teachers * List the characteristics of an effective teacher. CHAPTER OVERVIEW * UNESCO recommendations on the status of teachers * Choosing to teach Key Words Summary References * Preamble * The teaching profession * Teacher preparation * Japan * Singapore * Bangladesh * Social status of teachers * Taiwan * Nigeria PREAMBLE This chapter focuses on the teaching profession and whether the attributes of a profession applied to teaching. The status of teaching in relation to other occupations is discussed and reference is made to several countries to examine the status of teaching. The UNESCO recommendations on the status of teachers is discussed and why individuals choose the teaching profession. THE TEACHING PROFESSION SOME QUOTATIONS ABOUT TEACHING “Teaching is the highest form of understanding” ─ Aristotle “Every truth has four corners: as a teacher I give you one corner, and it is for you to find the other three” ─ Confucius “No man can be a good teacher unless he has feelings of warm affection toward his pupils and a genuine desire to impart to them what he himself believes to be of value. ─ Bertrand Russell If a doctor, lawyer, or dentist had 40 people in his office at one time, all of whom had different needs, and some of whom didn't want to be there and were causing
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