Write a short note on teaching as an autonomy and accountability
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Not so for teachers. They are certainly held accountable, but their autonomy is limited. They have little input about curriculum, objectives, goals, techniques, or materials to be used.
They are selectively seated on various committees and their opinions are voiced, but they have about the same actual power that student governments have in running a school. People with real political power decide all the important legal, educational decisions.
Unfortunately, these people are the furthest from the actual classrooms and they have little understanding of what is necessary for the teacher to deal with the individual uniqueness and needs of each student and class.
A part of the problem is that these people remember what school was like for them, but the world has changed radically. The civil rights movements made groups and individuals extremely sensitive about any real or believed violation of their rights.
Mainstreaming means teachers have to deal effectively with students no matter what their problem or disability is. Technology and the media have opened up new (and often fun) ways of sending and receiving information that has made the teacher as the only source or center of learning — obsolete. Yet, from preschool to universities most teachers are trained (often forced) to stand in front of the room and talk and talk and talk.
They are selectively seated on various committees and their opinions are voiced, but they have about the same actual power that student governments have in running a school. People with real political power decide all the important legal, educational decisions.
Unfortunately, these people are the furthest from the actual classrooms and they have little understanding of what is necessary for the teacher to deal with the individual uniqueness and needs of each student and class.
A part of the problem is that these people remember what school was like for them, but the world has changed radically. The civil rights movements made groups and individuals extremely sensitive about any real or believed violation of their rights.
Mainstreaming means teachers have to deal effectively with students no matter what their problem or disability is. Technology and the media have opened up new (and often fun) ways of sending and receiving information that has made the teacher as the only source or center of learning — obsolete. Yet, from preschool to universities most teachers are trained (often forced) to stand in front of the room and talk and talk and talk.
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