THE MAKING

OF AN ENGLISH

TEACHER

Shri. S. Selvaraj

Director

ZIET MYSORE

A QUESTION?What does “Making” signify in the question-

What goes into the making of an English Teacher? In the context of the title, to interpret attitudes towards Learners

and the Learning process

An Analysis“Making” is associated with-

TrainingEducation

DevelopmentLearning, Studying,

Acquiring Teaching

EnrichmentOrientation

TRAINING‘TRAINING’ generally stands for the process where an individual prepares another in the field where s/he is an authority, the power, knowledge, understanding etc are disseminated.

A Giver and a ReceiverA Source, an Expert/Master from whom

everything can be learnt

THE TRAINER AND THE TRAINEE

INPUT IS THE KEY TO TRAINING

SOME DEFINITIONSThe Dictionary defines Training

“as a systematic transfer of skills/Learning”

A Participant in an in-service programme said, “It is Teaching how to Teach”

EDUCATIONEducation is the act or Process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the power of reasoning and judgement and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. Dictionary.com

The enterprise of education is…. An activity in which some individual or group fosters or seeks to foster in some individual or group some Ability, Belief, Knowledge, Habit, Skill, Trait or Character or Value and does so by the use of certain method.Answers.com

The dictionary defines the word Development as

“Gradual Growth”.A few illustrations- • Stages of development of child• Life Cycle of a butterfly• Development of an Embryo• Personality Development• Plot/Story Development(literary view)

DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH TEACHERSAS PROFESSIONALS

KEY MESSAGE- 1. The Process of Development is Organism initiated .2. The Process of Growth ( Development ) is Learner

initiated, it is organic.It is supported by skills, human resources, community etc which are external and act only as catalysts or promoters of the growth. These outside agencies or individuals can merely support the process

IMPLICATIONS

The term may refer to:A combination of Skill, Knowledge, Value,

Confidence and EfficiencyA Continuation( Minimum Level –Mastery Level)An AbilityA Requirement for completion of a job

alternate at a specific level

COMPETENCY

Houston (1974) in his definition of competency acquisition elaborates that it has five components which are

sequenced in the process of development.

THE FIVE STAGES OF COMPETENCY DEVELOPMENTAS APPLIED TO TEACHERS

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• APPRENTICESHIP MODEL• COURSE BASED MODEL• REFLECTIVE MODEL• PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MODEL

The strengths and limitations of each model are as in this flowchart:

FOUR MODELS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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GOVERNMENT PROMOTED WAYS AND MEANS OF

TEACHER DEVELOPMENT

1.INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICES

3.COURSES2.MATERIALS

4. POLICIES FOR TEACHERDEVELOPMENT

• Preparation Of Lesson Plans• Organising Experience Sharing Workshops• Teacher Exchange Programmes• Visits And Study Tours• Facilitating Reflective Teaching By Insisting

On Teacher’s Maintenance Of Diaries• Involving Teachers As Resource Persons To

Train Fellow Colleagues• Facilitating Peer Observation

1.INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICES

• Review And Scrutiny Of Textbooks• Analysis Of Textbooks From Different Perspectives• Conversion Of Textbooks Into Different Modes• Preparation Of Question Paper/Question Banks• Techniques For Teaching And Evaluation• Tips For Classroom Organization• Rationale For The Changes Expected In Teaching

Practice

2.MATERIALSSyllabus and textbooks are a powerful medium of teacher development

3.COURSES Teacher development is addressed at two levels-

PRE-SERVICE• INITIATES TEACHERS AS PROFESSIONSALS• PREPARES TEACHERS BY PROVIDING UNDERSTANDING OF THE

OBJECTIVES OF LEARNING AND METHODS OF EDUCATION• PROVIDE FOUNDATION IN PSYCHOLOGY,PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIOLOGY

OF THE LEARNER• PROVIDES NECESSARY GROUNDING IN THE THEORY OF EDUCATION• PROVIDES A BIT OF PRACTICE TO GET A FEEL OF THE CLASSROOM

3.COURSES Teacher development is addressed at two levels

IN-SERVICECLASSIFIED INTO THREE ACCORDING TO THEIR AIMS –1. THEORETICAL- ENHANCE THE EXISTING QUALIFICATION OF TEACHERS2&3 TOP DOWN COURSES WHICH FURTHER DEVELOP EXISTING PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND REMEDIAL COURSES WHICH ARE CONDUCTED TO HELP THE TEACHERS IN THE AREAS OF PERCEIVED DIFFICULTIES

THESE COURSES ARE CONDUCTED TO UPDATE THE RESOURCES OF TEACHERS OR TO ORIENT THEM TO NEW MATERIALS, METHODS OF TEACHING OR EVALUATION PROCEDURED. RECENTLY TRAINING FACILITIES ARE OFFERED ONLINE/ THROUGH DISTANCE MODE AS WELL.

• Creating avenues for long and short term courses• Allocating budgets and administrative arrangements to

ensure development programmes• Linking promotion, providing incentives on the basis of

participation in the programme• Establishing training centres at different levels• Making a degree or a diploma in teaching of English as a

pre-requisite to become an English Teacher• Subsidizing higher education costs to enable teachers to

acquire new skills and communicative ability

4. POLICIES FOR TEACHER DEVELOPMENTThe Government Facilitates Development In Different Ways Such As-