FUNCTIONS OF TEACHERS
There is nothing which lies outside the functions of
teachers. Their domain consists of imparting knowledge, cultivating skills,
forming attitudes, developing values, building character, providing
enlightenment, producing wisdom, etc.
Mothers are the first and incomparable teachers of children all
over the world.
Teaching is the profession of educationists and education is
not stagnant. Its scope, methodology and infrastructure change and expand
rapidly.
Teachers are not totally free to adopt their functions. By
and large, they are bound by the curricula and techniques formulated by their
societies or states.
In one of his Unpopular Essays published in1950,, British
mathematician, philosopher and public intellectual Bertrand Russell says: “In
former days a teacher was expected to be a man of exceptional knowledge or
wisdom, to whose words men would do well to attend. In antiquity, teachers were
not an organized profession, and no control was exercised over what they
taught. It is true they were punished afterwards for their subversive
doctrines. Socrates was put to death and Plato is said to have been thrown into
prison, but such incidents did not interfere with the spread of their
doctrines. “
In modern times, education has become one of the biggest professions
with an astounding number of schools, colleges and universities with all sorts
of general and professional subjects all over the world.
Finally, according to Russell, in modern times : “Teachers
are more than any other class the guardians of civilization. They should be
intimately aware of what civilization is., and desirous of imparting a civilized
attitude to their pupils.” *********
G.R.Kanwal
6 September 2024
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