The
teacher role is no longer clearly defined. Each scholar would express this role
in a different way, and this may be frustrating for learners and teachers as
well.
Picture source: http://www.teachthought.com/uncategorized/9-roles-teacher-leads/
Such an illustration explains the diversity of the roles expected from today's teacher such as technical support, social empowerment and finding resource.
Picture
source: http://e-portfolio-53867572.weebly.com/my-best-discussion.html
This other illustration goes beyond the diversity element of the role of the teacher to embody the potentially overwhelming multitasking nature of the teacher's job today. Teachers must juggle being a planner, a role model, a coach to a resourcer. This brings our attention to the serious training and facilities needed for teachers to be able to fulfill such roles successfully.
Mcloughlin and Lee (2010) take on this is that the teacher is a '' consultant, guide, resources provider.'' This may sound clear, but their paper stresses that teachers must not over-interfere, so that the process remains students centered. Teachers are entitled to finding the degree of interference vague and hard to determine.
Going trough papers like Prensky (2001) may be a real displeasing experience for teachers who are presented as heavily accented old fellows. What accent do they have? They print some emails and check personally if they were received sometimes. This may sound relatable, and one can think of many people around who would do that, but her approach calls for game based learning where the teacher is marginalized. Such drastic demands require further reach and plenty of evidence.
Where is the teacher according to Deutschmann and Panichi (2009), he is hiding behind a computer screen in an isolated room playing Second Life and initiating conversations with strangers on behalf of his students. This is definitely not our typical image of the focal of the class and the knowledge transferor. How effective is this approach and how frustrated is the teacher? Only further research can tell.
This later approach highlights a statement in Bennett & Maton (2010):
This other illustration goes beyond the diversity element of the role of the teacher to embody the potentially overwhelming multitasking nature of the teacher's job today. Teachers must juggle being a planner, a role model, a coach to a resourcer. This brings our attention to the serious training and facilities needed for teachers to be able to fulfill such roles successfully.
Mcloughlin and Lee (2010) take on this is that the teacher is a '' consultant, guide, resources provider.'' This may sound clear, but their paper stresses that teachers must not over-interfere, so that the process remains students centered. Teachers are entitled to finding the degree of interference vague and hard to determine.
Going trough papers like Prensky (2001) may be a real displeasing experience for teachers who are presented as heavily accented old fellows. What accent do they have? They print some emails and check personally if they were received sometimes. This may sound relatable, and one can think of many people around who would do that, but her approach calls for game based learning where the teacher is marginalized. Such drastic demands require further reach and plenty of evidence.
Where is the teacher according to Deutschmann and Panichi (2009), he is hiding behind a computer screen in an isolated room playing Second Life and initiating conversations with strangers on behalf of his students. This is definitely not our typical image of the focal of the class and the knowledge transferor. How effective is this approach and how frustrated is the teacher? Only further research can tell.
This later approach highlights a statement in Bennett & Maton (2010):
The past becomes a 'foreign country' and the young and old are
considered to inhabit different worlds.
This is an indication that teachers should be young to relate and connect with their students. Therefore, is modern literature calling are young teachers who would promote games and similar trends? What is the theory behind such big claims? What other skills and training must they undertake to handle their responsibility in such new environments? What is the expiry date for teachers? Such questions point to the huge gap in those papers and the call for further serious studies in this matter.
Video source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuYWUPirkqQ
This video explains
this change in the teachers' role very clearly. The speaker includes great
examples such as involving the learners in the course design, an area that was
exclusive for teachers. Another change is when having learners act as
co-teachers and teach classmates. Both of these examples are considered common
practices today.
References:
"9 Roles For The Teacher That Leads." TeachThought. 25 July 2014. Web. 11 Dec. 2015.
http://www.teachthought.com/uncategorized/9-roles-teacher-leads/
Beets, Tanya. "Roles and Responsibilities of a Teacher." Tanya Beets53867572. Web. 11 Dec. 2015.
http://e-portfolio-53867572.weebly.com/my-best-discussion.html Bennett, S., and K. Maton. "Beyond the ‘digital Natives’ Debate: Towards a More Nuanced Understanding of Students' Technology Experiences."Journal of Computer Assisted Learning (2010): 321-31. Print.
Deutschmann, Mats, and Luisa Panichi. "Talking into Empty Space? Signalling Involvement in a Virtual Language Classroom in Second Life."Language Awareness (2009): 310-28. Print.
McLoughlin C. & Lee M. ''Personalized and self regulated learning in the Web 2.0 era: International exemplars of innovative pedagogy using social software'' (2010). Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 26(1), 28-43.
Prensky, Mark. ''Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants.'' 2001. On the Horizon 9, 5, MCB University Press.
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