TEACHER AS A PRACTIONER KNOWLEDGE

1.High level knowledge can drive human

beings become intelligent and productive to a
country
2.A teacher must practice and spread
knowledge for the purposes of welfare,
service and contribution.
3.After a certain knowledge has been
acquired by teachers, it must be practiced for
the benefit of ones self, society and the
country.


4.In this process,teachers have a main and noble role
in transferring the good knowledge,enhancing the
manners of pupils as well as guiding them to the
true path as knowledge practioners.
5.Teachers as knowledge practioners need to
practise knowledge culture such as
reading,thinking,observing, writing,brainstorming
and exchanging ideas and looking for new
experiences.
6.Hence,it is very important for teachers to continue
to be knowledge practioners to create and ensure
the integration of knowledge in the classroom.
TEACHER AS A PRACTIONER OF SKILLS
1.Teachers who have high professional skills
and emotional intelligence play a very big
part in creating a generation that is
educated, skilled, practice knowledge
culture and well-mannered in line with the
National Philosophy of Education. This role
is important to propel Malaysia forward to
an achievement standard that is equivalent
to that of developed nations.


2.Teachers who engage is
professional skills also need to be
effient in carrying out teaching tasks,
guidence and co-curriculum activities
based on the practices in educational
theoris.
3.Skilled teachers also need to find
ways to enhance their knowledge
and skills in teaching and must be
sensitive towards their professional
development.
Teachers also cannot neglect their
social
responsibilities towards society.
4.As such, professional teachers need
to
have high didication and must be
concerned about their pupils.

TEACHER AS AN INSTILLER OF VALUES
1.Values are important
because they give
guidence to the lives of
human beings.
2.Values are important
because they can
motivate human beings to
live in correct and
righteous ways.
3.A teacher must form
pupils who have noble
personalities and who
become human beings
with high values.
4.Teachers also need
to present moral
values,religious
values,terminal
values as well as
instrumental values
and code of conduct
to their pupils as
shown in
Teachers
Moral values
Religious values
Terminal values
Instrumental values
Diagram
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5.As such,the roles of
teachers are to instill
awareness, understanding
and confidence in pupils and
the spirit of loving religious
values.
6.Teachers also need to
spread knowledge and try to
show their pupils correct and
moral issues so that they have
balanced personalities in their
thinking and actions.
7.Teachers role is not only to
disseminate values but they
also need to become role
models that are followed by
pupils and others around
them.
TEACHER AS AN EDUCATOR
On of the basic roles of a teacher is
an educator.
In playing the role of an educator, a
teacher needs to expand the potential
of pupils from the aspects of PESI.
As an educator, a teacher is also given
the responsibility to educate the new
generation.
The most important
role of an educator is
as a knowledge
person and one who
can master all the
teaching skills that
have been outlined
in a teaching course.
As a result of the
educational reforms
that have taken
place in KBSR and
KBSM, teachers
need to equip
themselves with the
latest and most up-
to-date knowledge.
Based on the
emergent curriculum,
the role of educators
have now shifted to
that of facilitators
and guides.
As an educator, a
teacher also needs
to create citizens
who can think
critically and
creatively.
Teachers must
make sure that
they play their
roles as educators
as they are the
individuals who
have a big
influence on
pupils.
TEACHER AS A SOCIAL AGENT
Another role of teachers are
as social agents.
A teacher as a social agent not only
imparts knowledge to pupils but also
needs to instill attitudes, values and form
perfect personalities in line with the
needs of society.
As such, teachers need to
have a good relationship with
society and must be able to
use their status to spread
positive values among
members of a society.

The school as a societys main
institute needs to ensure that the
development and behavioural
changes of pupils match the norms,
values dan wants of society.

TEACHER AS A CHANGE AGENT
Malaysia faces the waves of change and challenges of
the 21
st
century.
As such, the need towards the formation of good
characteristics among pupil is more pressing in view of
the social problems that comes with the worlds rapid
progress.
This encompasses discipline problems in schools such
bullying, playing truant, smoking and drug abuse.
The above mentioned problems have become a
burden and need to be controlled in the school system
from early stage.


These problems can be solved if teachers
are able to integrate between providing
knowledge and forming good characters in the
selves of pupils.
As such, teachers need to play the role of
change agents in the education system where
they need to change their management and
leadership style from an autocratic to a
democratic one.
The role of teachers as change agents need
to be based on the following aspects


Change from teacher-
centered strategy to a
pupil-centered strategy.
Teachers must show
a more caring
attitude towards
pupils, peers,
leaders, support
staff and school.
Teachers also need
to be proactively
open-minded and be
ready to face
changes especially in
the world of
education.
TEACHER AS A SOCIETY MOVER
Teachers in Malaysia need to renew their
vows and determination to utilize all their
energy and capabilities to help develop
Malaysian citizens who are united and
knowledge cultured.
This is because as educators, teachers
can play the roles as a main movers
towards the direction of producing
changes that need to be implemented for
the sake of charting the future of
Malaysians.
A teacher has the special power to form
cultures, minds, values, attitudes and
characters of a countrys teenagers who
will eventually determine the fate of the
society in the future.
TEACHER AS A KNOWLEDGE
DISSEMINATOR
One important role of teachers are as knowledge
disseminator.
The knowledge that pupils acquire in schools are
as the following:

-Humanity
knowledge (3R)
-Man and his environment (Religious
knowledge, Moral education and
Environmental Religion)
-Arts and recreation(Music,PE and art education
The role of teachers is to educate pupils in
the various types of knowledge and skills
from the various disciplines in the school
curriculum.
Teachers should also have the
characteristics of being responsible,
dedicated, committed to their work,
sincere and also be able to sacrifice their
time and energy.
They must also have the attitude of helping
and delivering as musc as possible to their
pupils.
Among the most important aspects that
have to be taken into consideration by
teachers is the personality and attitudes of
the teachers themselves towards the concept
of knowledge that is to create citizens who
are educated and suited to the living values
of the Malaysian society.
A CARING TEACHER
One very important role of a teacher is as a
caring because this will help to create pupils
who practice a caring culture.
As a caring individual, teachers need to build
pupils who have excellent leadership skills by
exposing them to universal society living.
Teachers who have caring and kind
personalities will create pupils who are also
caring and considerate.
TEACHER AS A PATRIOT
One important role
of a teacher is to
instill high
patriotism spirit
among school pupils
Eg: teacher can infuse
the patriotism spirit is
by conducting weekly
programs in Malay
Language and
Cleanliness campaign
programmes in school.
TEACHER AS A MANAGER
Teachers as managers of learning need not anly
play the role a managing their teaching but must
also ensure that learning objectives are attained.
They also have to establish classroom routine for
their pupils.
A teacher also has to play the role of manager in
school and in the classroom.
As managers, they need to ensure that lesson
plans are well-planned because this allows them
to teach systematically so that they do not digress
from the T&L objectives that have been set.
Teachers also need to manage evaluation
planning before they start to teach. In this
process, teachers must plan ways to
evaluate the learning of pupils for each
learning objective and ascertain the
instruments that need to be utilized to
evaluate their teaching.
Besides that, teachers need to manage
different kind of classroom routines and
behaviours of pupils.
TEACHER AS A RESEARCHER
Teacher must always try to enhance the quality of their
teaching in the classroom.
One of the ways is that a teacher needs to carry out
various kinds of research that are related to T&L pratices.
A teacher also needs to use various kinds of teaching aids
as well as research on their effectiveness in the classroom
via action research.
A teacher can carry out various kinds of research such as
action research or normal research by using case
studies,questionnaires,observation,interviews and so
forth.
TEACHER AS A NATION BUILDER
Teachers can help in building societies
and from the backbone to the nation
building process.
The process of building human beings
stems from the realization that the
teaching profession is a noble one.
As nation builders, teachers should have
good characteristics, have a high fighting
spirit, have
strong physical endurance and are also
useful to oneself,family,society and country.
As such, teachers are the creators of an
excellent generation and are role models to
society.
In playing their roles as nation builders,
teachers must adjust themselves to all
situations and have the capacity to face the
challenges of the globalization era to help
from noble Malaysian citizens.
TEACHER AS A MENTOR
In the role of mentors, teachers should be
approachable and must be easy to be
contacted by their pupils.
The role of a mentor is to reduce all
confusions that are faced by pupils.
As experienced mentors, teachers can
help to give solutions to pupils problems
quickly and effectively.
A mentor must also have good
listening skills that they can read
verbal and non-verbal cues to get
the real message that pupils wish
to disclose in their problems.
Good mentors must also emphatize with
the problems of their mentees and build
positive professional relationships with
them.
TEACHER AS A REFERENCE EXPERT
A teacher as A reference expert needs to
have the following characteristics:
a) personal excellence
b) excellence in knowledge and
skills
c) excellence in work
d) excellence in communication
e) excellence in potential
From the aspects of knowledge and skills,
a teacher who is a reference expert needs
to be sensitive and aware of the needs and
welfare of pupils; clever in managing their
time, resources, teaching and learning
materials and who are capable in
identifying the needs and problems of
pupils as well as preparing follow-up
programs.
From the aspects of work, a teacher as a
reference expert should have the
capability to solve the learning problems of
pupils via the enhancement of interest and
involvement of pupils: via success in
guiding pupils in teaching inside and
outside of the classroom.
From the aspects of communication, a
teacher as a reference expert is the
initiator for an effort and succeed in
presenting ideas and message effectively;
either in written or oral form.
From the aspects of potential, a teacher as
reference expert who has vision and who is
always willing to learn for the enhancement of
ones career. They are also always involving
themselves in seminars and workshops and
are always contributing their energy and
expertise towards the success of their school.
A teacher must also be the reference expert in
the area/subject matter that one teachers and
must have other skills such as being experts in
the co-curriculum activities that are
conducted in school.