Suggestive Strategies for Achieving Teacher …

1 1 Suggestive Strategies for Achieving Teacher Effectiveness Dr. Vikrant Mishra, Mohit Puri ABSTRACT It is generally believed that the Teacher is the nation builder. It is the Teacher in the classroom who is shaping the destiny of a country as he/she has the manifold capacity to influence his/her pupils. Teaching is the noblest profession for, it involves the cultivation of selfless love and sharing and showering that love.

2 He is the architect of happy homes, prosperous communities and peaceful nations. He has not only equipped himself with knowledge and skills to inform and instruct, but also the vision and insight, to inspire and transform. Teachers are the second parents to every child and play a significant role in the over all growth of a child. It is believed that only Teacher can make tremendous positive changes among his students. They can guide right and wrong of every action being a role model. In this paper, a systematic attempt has been made to focus on various methods of Teacher effectiveness, challenges faced in the Teacher effectiveness and role of a state for improving Teacher effectiveness.

3 Keywords: Teacher Effectiveness, Quality Teaching Measures, State's Role. Introduction The most accepted criterion for measuring good teaching is the amount of student learning that occurs. A Teacher s effectiveness is about student learning. However, all teachers realize that what a student learns is not always within the teachers control. The literature on teaching is crammed full of well researched ways that teachers can present content and skills that will enhance the opportunities for students to learn.

4 It is equally filled with suggestions of what not to do in the classroom. Students often have little expertise in knowing if the method selected by an individual instructor was the best teaching method or just a method or simply the method with which the Teacher was most comfortable. Teachers also have limited control over many of the most important factors that impact students _____ Assistant Professor, Deptt. of Education, Lingaya s University, Faridabad 2 Formerly Lecturer, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara learning, including students attitudes, background knowledge of the course content, study and learning skills, time, students will spend on their learning, their emotional readiness to learn, and on.

5 Since there is clearly a shared responsibility between the Teacher and the student as to what that student learns, and because many students are able to learn in spite of the Teacher , while others fail despite all of the best efforts of a skilled practitioner, the definition of Teacher effectiveness appears to be an act of faith on the part of students and teachers to do their best. To bring improvement in any civilization, efforts are always on by intellectuals. In this process to educate the subjects is utmost aspect.

6 To provide education three interwoven elements are involved Matter, Student and Teacher . Out of these, Teacher is equally important because he is the one who induce the desired knowledge in students. Some Teachers are by birth and others can be trained to desired skills because psychologist claims that behaviour is modifiable. Therefore, required type of behaviour is must for affective and efficient Teacher . So, it s needed to modify the behaviour to required situation and profession. Behavioral technology is contributing significantly.

7 Thus teaching process can be developed and improved to prepare effective Teacher . There are various feedback devices to be used to modify the Teacher behaviour. The following are few commonly used such as Simulated Social Skill Training, Micro-Teaching, Programmed Instruction, Team Teaching, Interaction Analysis and T. Group Training. These are briefly explained as below: Simulated Social Skill Training: The simulation technique is to induce certain behaviour in an artificial situation. Pupil Teacher has to play several roles as a Teacher , as a student and as a supervisor.

8 It s a feedback mechanism. It is a socio-drama related to practice and gives control over teaching variables. Important is pupil Teacher is teaching in non stressful conditions. Micro-Teaching: Micro-Teaching provides teachers with a practice setting or instruction in which the normal complexities of class room are reduced and in which the Teacher gets feedback on performance. Programmed Instruction: The method is a individualized instruction in which students are active and proceed at his own pace and provided with immediate knowledge of result.

9 The programmed learning is a strategy in which various kinds of intellectual, emotional and motor experiences are provided to learner in a controlled situation through a variety of devices like book, teaching machines, Teacher , radio, television etc. 3 Team Teaching: It is an instructional situation where two or more teachers possessing complementary teaching skills cooperatively plan and implement the instruction for a single group of students using flexible scheduling and grouping techniques to meet the particular instruction.

10 Interaction Analysis: It is a technique for analyzing and observing the classroom behaviour. It provides the structure, component and flow of behaviour of classroom activities. It is a feedback device. T- Group Training: It is also a feedback device. It is leaderless group of trainees numbering eight to twelve, discuss their own problems of teaching without any agenda and suggest some solutions on basis of their experiences. Challenges faced in the Teacher Effectiveness To make dramatic improvements in all students preparation for college and careers, states need thoughtful, intentional human capital Strategies that get the right teachers in the right places in the right subjects.