TEACHER TRAINING & MOTIVATION

CURRENT SCENARIO

  • Of late, schools and colleges are mushrooming at a very fast pace. Soon it is going to become the largest industry as well. This proliferation of educational institutions also brings with it the cut-throat competition and staffing problems. Good and motivated teachers are already in short supply.

    • OBSERVATIONS ON OUR SCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEM

  • A study conducted by an action group called ‘Janshala’ instituted under the aegis of Govt. of India and UNDP on our school education system reveals :-
    (a) There is a tendency to follow a very authoritarian approach which is teacher- centered, mechanical and unnecessarily repetitive.
    ( b ) A style which teaches children to be passive listeners rather than actively participating as problem solvers.
    ( c ) Under – use and poor quality of teaching aids.
    ( d ) A lack of effective class management skills.
    ( e ) A serious lack of teaching methodologies and understanding the learning- psychology of students.
    ( f ) No methodology to assess the progress of the child and use of the results for remedial purposes.
    ( g ) A general lack of motivation among teachers to teach and students to learn.
  • The success of any educational process depends on the quality, motivation, commitment and expertise of the teacher. Therefore, the quality of training that the teachers themselves undergo becomes critical. The shortcomings in teaching processes and the poor achievement levels of the students reflects the deficiencies in teachers' training and hence there is a severe need for substantial reforms in this processes

    • Status of Pre-Service Training

  • The pre-service training remains within the realm of B Ed. and M Ed. Colleges, and not much changes have come about in their content and approach . It is found to have the following characteristics:-

      • the training in the teachers' institutions is itself very mechanical in nature.  
      • there is a lack of relevance of many of the training components to the real needs of the teachers and the demands of the actual classroom situations they might face.  
      • there is a lack of emphasis on and inadequate time devoted to teaching the practical aspects of classroom work. (eg., teaching strategies, classroom management techniques, reading and language teaching skills.)
    • TeaQIP creates a win-win situation for all the stake holders – the students, the teachers, the parents, and the school management. Due to this there is a resultant poor quality and low level of expertise of potential teachers graduating into primary teaching. Method of teaching being mechanical and unimaginative, the students are made to complete the syllabus just for the sake of examination and not with the aim of acquiring the knowledge, and thereby being able to use it to find solutions in real life situations. This approach deprives students the satisfaction of pursuing education, which also leads to immense ‘Academic Pressure’ in the students’ mind. Thus, the inculcation of the basic skills resulting out of good teaching should be foremost in the school and classroom contexts.

    Any School Is As Good As Its Teachers.

    • From the observations made by the above mentioned study group, it is evident that mere B.Ed and M.Ed Degrees are not going to result in good teaching practices. Moreover, getting a degree and being able to teach are two very different things. These days, the scene is like this:  classes are on ; teachers are coming ; students are attending ; the School is running ; but is anybody learning? No wonder the students remain in perpetual state of mental stress and constant fear of examinations. Where does one find good teachers? Nowhere; it is the duty of the Management to convert the existing teachers into motivated and exciting teachers. 

      • THE RIGHT SOLUTION

    • In – Service Training Is A Must.  If any of the educational institutions have to survive, produce excellent results and keep their students excited about learning then they must maintain top class and highly motivated teaching faculty / staff. The only way is to upgrade and motivate our teaching faculty in – house by conducting regular In – Service Training or Continuing Education Programs. This is exactly what my Training Module aims at. It has been widely recognised that periodic in-service training is essential in order to compensate for the shortcomings in, or lack of training of those teachers who are in the field along with keeping them refreshed about recent pedagogical developments. In view of this, the in-service teachers training, of varying duration and frequencies, happens to be an important component of my workshop in order to upgrade the existing teachers. After conducting these training modules with the teachers of Delhi Public School Patna, Delhi Public School Pune, Symbiosis Secondary School, Symbiosis Primary School, and Pune Police Public School, it is observed that these trainings, indeed, have gone a long way in breaking the inertia and cynicism among the practicing teachers.
    TEACHERS TRAINING & MOTIVATIONAL WORKSHOP - AN OVERVIEW

    • RE – ALIGNMENT OF TEACHER’S ATTITUDE.
    • TEACHER’S ROLE AND THEIR IMPORTANCE.
    • SOME TRUTHS OF LEARNING.
    • EDUCATIONAL TEAMWORK.
    • CLASSROOM TEACHING TECHNIQUES.
    • HOW TO MAKE YOUR TEACHING INTERSTING.
    • NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION.
    • STUDENT FEED BACK MECHANISM.
    • MONITORING STUDENT’S PROGRESS.
    • METHODS OF UPGRADING STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE.
    • STUDENT RELATED ISSUES.
    • WAYS OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.
    • CASE STUDY – For self discovery and realisation.