Teacher As Change Agent
By: ROZINA JUMANI
http://www.starteaching.com/RozinaJumani.htm
How many of us want to glorify the image of teacher as Moral practitioner, who could bring such a huge difference in the lives of learner?. Few people are really born teachers and have an urge to enlighten others. To become a change agent, they must possess five basic fundamentals: personal vision building, inquiry, collaboration, mastery, and management.
1. Personal vision building
This is a teacher’s own conceptual and perception level about teaching which can be observed through gestures, body language and through other communication tools. It can be seen and observed by children very easily as well.
2. Inquiry
Inquiry is the second component of teaching. It assists the whole process of teaching and learning and also polishes personal vision; it inculcates the questioning and reasoning and fosters achieving holistic image building.
3. Mastery
Without having mastery or command, one cannot be confident. Mastery is a huge umbrella and it covers not only conceptual understanding but also proper implementation strategies - i.e. pedagogical skills.
4. Collaboration
John Billing says “Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.” It is necessary that a teacher should be open minded and work in collaboration with others as in learning organizations or communities. The phenomenon of the ‘one man army’ cannot be possible. Learning is a process which requires socialization, as people learn from each other.
5. Management
One cannot achieve the desired result if the whole process is not well planned and implemented. Therefore the teacher being a leader and change agent would create an impact, but if s/he is a good manager, s/he would plan well, implement well. and achieve well.
Indeed teachers are the nurturers, and if these nurturers can envision where they would lead these children, then they would definitely help support change and become agent of the change.
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