THE ROLE OF THE TEACHER

The role of the teacher in the classroom, for most of us, is to teach. On the other hand, according to the author Willey, J. & Sons (2013) in the book Learner - Centered Teaching: Five key changes to practice, defined the teacher as a facilitator, because in the classroom the teacher is the one who facilitates examples, facilitates content, and also who facilitates the knowledge to students. The author also describes in his book that a good teacher is a good facilitator who finds ways to motivate students, and also knows the moments that it is needed to push and the moments that it is needed to pull. The author Stacey Zeiger, mentioned in his article What is the role of teachers in Education? (2017) that a teacher's role has to do about spending planning how to teach, instructing students according to the activities related with what is being taught, and interacting with students. As an example I could include the fact that when I am teaching the Prepositions of place, I should use the realia (classroom objects) for a better understanding.

I work as an English teacher, and this is a very useful definition for me. Since I know that I am just a facilitator in the classroom, I also lead my students to my lesson aims. With this sentence I mean that, as a facilitator or leader, I just present my students the new content, I make them to practice that content, and after that I know that my students can produce what I taught to them. The role of the teacher should be to facilitate students what they need to learn.

References:

Willey, J; Sons (2013) Learner - centered teaching: Five key changes to practice.

Zieger, S. (2017) What is the role of teachers in education? 

McCrorie, P. (2006) Teaching and leading small groups.

http://www.faculty.londondeanery.ac.uk/e-learning/small-group-teaching/the-role-of-the-teacher

http://www.education.gov.gy/web/index.php/teachers/tips-for-teaching/item/1603-roles-of-a-teacher-in-the-classroom#gsc.tab=0