Post on 28-Oct-2014
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TEACHER BELIEFS AND ATTITUDES
ABOUT TEACHING
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STATEMENTS. DO YOU AGREE WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES OR DISAGREE.
IF YOU DISAGREE – STATE WHY.
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Teachers usually stand in the
front of the class when teaching
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Teachers decide how
fast the students
should work on tasks.
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correct answers from
students.
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Teachers follow lesson
plans.
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Teachers model and provide
model answers.
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Teachers discipline students.
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Teachers use and operate the
equipment and devices in class
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Teachers reveal personal details about their lives
to students.
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place.
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Learners are usually
arranged in desks, in rows.
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Learners make mistakes which
teachers correct.
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Learners compete to answer
questions and for the teacher’s
response.
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answer or respond in
class.
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Learners use a textbook which
guides the class.
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knowledge and experience.
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Learners collaborate with
each other to finish exercises,
answer questions.
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corrects.
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about themselves in
class.
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class.
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Look over your beliefs.Would you expect similar behavior in classrooms other than your own?
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teachers and learners to be
different?
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There is no play book underlying teaching practice.
Only what happens in the classroom and how we respond
to it. TEACHING IS AN ART!
MEANING?
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TRY YOUR BEST.PLAN, RELECT, IMPROVE.
BE PROFESSIONAL.BE OPEN, KIND AND SHOW
YOU CARE.
MEANING?
REFERENCES
Wright, T. (1987) Understanding Classroom Role Relationships, Roles of Teachers and Learners, Oxford, Oxford Univ. Press.