WHY DO WE WANT TO TEACH?

There would be many different answers to this question, but, certainly, the most significant answer is that we teach to inspire our students. There are many different methods to teach, still, any of them can be said as the best to inspire students. To inspire our students requires teachers to be willing to make a difference in the teaching process. We have to aim to be teachers who motivate students to overcome their limitations. Teachers should be aware that “Students need teachers they can believe in.”

THE TRANSFORMATIONAL PEDAGOGY

“If we believe that teaching is a mere imparting of information, we have surely aimed to low.” Good teachers influence their student’s life. The transformational pedagogy means to have three important goals that teachers can use to help students succeed. These goals are academic, social and spiritual. For example, in the academic goals, teachers should assess students mostly formatively. “Overemphasis on summative assessment can discourage learners.” To assess students formatively means to help students every day by being sympathetic and make them feel they can do anything. Social goals are related to the relationship teachers have with students. Students handle many problems in their lives, and teachers should be capable to help them in order to they can face their problems and do a good job at school, “Moral concern for our students begins with building respectful relationships.” Spiritual goals set that “Emotions affect learning” “Why are student and teacher feelings important for educational success? Neurobiological studies are confirming what teachers have known for a long time: we remember what we feel” it is important to create a good atmosphere in the classroom because we remember all we live when we experience a good feeling, so, students will be able to learn and to remember all they saw in classes. The transformational pedagogy can help not only pre-service teachers to have expectation of how they want to be as future teachers, but also in-service teachers to better their teaching techniques.

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