If one has passion, motivation and patience the objectives of a lesson conveyed to the students will be easier met. Often teachers become irresponsible when they neglect their duties of facilitating a class. It is not a “talk only profession” or lecture where one stands in front of the class and speaks without pauses and any interaction with the students. Nor is it about the teacher simply delivering the content without consideration for how it is being received. This scenario is created when a teacher rushes through the lessons, is unprepared to teach or not motivated to carry out the lesson or invested in the learning outcomes of the children. When this occurs, one is bound to find bored students in the class who then tend to make jokes about the teacher after the lesson! In teaching, giving counts when it is received properly. To avoid being an irresponsible teacher there are many useful steps that can be incorporated before, during and after the lesson to make learning exciting. It’s essential to make the lesson a student oriented lesson more than a teacher oriented one. This can be achieved by analyzing the weaknesses of the students. For example, if students are weak in grammar then it would be better to prepare a lesson on part of speech or tenses rather than forcefully teaching them expository writing just because it seems easier to teach!
the students which eventually improves the discipline of the class. Each morning, the teacher can pick three to four students and have a one-to-one conversation, find out their names, what they enjoy doing after school or on the weekends, favourite singers and much more. This instills confidence in the students that the teacher is aware of their likes and dislikes and therefore, will be more attentive when the lesson is conducted. Another form of freedom here would mean decorating the classroom and personalizing it to add more liveliness to the environment. Imagine walking into a class with only white paints on the four walls as compared to one which is full of bright colours, has famous inspirational quotations, photographs. Which classroom one would like to study in? Simple activities such as this are a safe way to include basic elements of teaching in a way that many unqualified teachers can have longterm impacts on their students, especially when volunteer tourists often leave and seldom return.
Teaching comes with great responsibility and genuine passion; the ability to conceptualise then to actually deliver is a powerful yet rewarding task and that is what makes teaching a noble profession. When a student walks up and expresses gratitude that they have learnt something new, it becomes a moment which Instead of going on the internet and just all teachers cherish more in life than receiving downloading a prepared lesson and delivering presents from students! it to the class, it would be more beneficial for Finally, a crucial requirement of teaching is to the students if the teacher actually talked to accept criticism. Students often give feedback them to gauge their interest and then make of which lessons they liked, enjoyed or found observations on the elements which would be boring. It becomes the duty of the teacher to needed to enhance the student’s knowledge take criticism in a positive manner to upgrade in the subject. his/her teaching which ensures that the class Volunteer teaching also means a lot of freedom benefits from the instructor. Thus, let the art as seldom anyone supervises the teacher. of responsible teaching touch every volunteer However, this freedom bestowed upon the teacher or even professional teacher in every teachers need to be utilized appropriately. lesson learnt! ■ Freedom in teaching could be used in knowing