Modernization of Indian Society – Professional Ethics of Teachers andPersonal Development of the Teacher

1. Teacher's Role in
Indian Society
Modernization of Indian Society –
Professional Ethics of Teachers and
Personal Development of the Teacher.
By
M.VIJAYALAKSHMI
Assistant Professor

2. UNIT-IV
Teacher's Role
in
Indian Society

3. 4.1 Indian society in transition - Impact of
globalization and privatization – educational
planning in India.
4.2 Modernization of Indian Society –Professional
Ethics of Teachers and Personal Development of
the Teacher.
4.3 Teacher as a social worker - Teachers' role in
pupils' development, community welfare,
national integration and international
understanding.
4.4 Sociological determinants of education -
Teachers' role in strengthening integrated and
cohesive forces.
4.5 Educational implications of philosophy in
conserving social harmony.

4. UNIT-IV
Teacher's Role in Indian Society
4.2. Modernization of Indian Society –
Professional Ethics of Teachers and
Personal Development of the
Teacher.

5. Role of the Teacher
• Two main roles
• Theorist – educational philosopher,
educational psychologist and
educational sociologist
• Practitioner – instructor, director,
motivator, adviser, counsellor and
career master

6. Responsibilities
• Diagnosis and remediation
• Evaluation of scholastic attainments
• Attending to health care of pupils
• Acting as a liaison between the school and
the home and
• Conducting action research for solving
problems in a scientific manner

7. Modernization of Indian Society
• Education –
• Life-centred and child-centred
• Activity oriented
• Process of Learning is important
• Variety of roles
• Different style of action

8. Teaching as a Profession
• Has well-defined functions and well-
identified nature and scope
• Has a philosophy of its own
• Well-organized and fully recognized
professional organizations of teachers
• Substantially paid in recent years
• Presently demanding specialized professional
preparation, based on a technology of
instruction

9. Code of Ethics
• They should adhere strictly to the rules of
conduct written or unwritten, established by
tradition and teachers of the past
• They should do nothing that causes disgrace
to their personality or to the profession
Collectively
• They should serve truthfully and honestly to
realize the objectives and purposes that are
expected them

10. • Whatever may be the frustrations and
difficulties they face, they should be
consciention and noble minded as for as their
professional activities are concerned
• They should not make the students victims
because of the injustice done to them either
by the school administrators or the
authorities concerned
• They should respect their fellow teachers and
should never speak ill evil of them

11. Professional Ethics
• Preparation and professional growth
• Relation with pupils
• Relations with parents and the
community
• Relations between teachers and school
officials
• Miscellaneous

12. Preparation and professional growth
• Keep in mind the professional growth and
participate periodically in in-service
programme
• Maintain an open mind towards educational
theories and methods of teachings, etc
• Try to refine and improve upon one’s
methods of teaching and evaluation,
communication and interaction, etc
• Have membership in and co-operate with
teacher’s organizations

13. Relation with pupils
• Deal with pupils in a spirit of kindness and
democracy
• Refrain from imposing one’s religious,
political or other private beliefs upon pupils
• Be fair and objective in dealing with pupils
• Don’t accept any favours either from pupils
or parents
• Avoid embarrassing pupils and parents by the
careless using of confidential information
concerning them

14. • Refrain from tutoring your pupils for extra
pay
• Books or guides authored by the teacher
should not be thrust on their pupils
• Protect the rights of pupils against selfish
interest
• Inculcate in pupils respect for law and order
and tolerance for others’ points of view

15. Relations with
parents and the community
• Make the acquaintance of parents and take
desirable steps to maintain cordial
relationship with them
• Take part in activities for the improvement of
the community, but attend to school duties
first of all
• Avoid participation in community factions
and other activities which would harm one’s
teaching efficiency

16. Relations between
teachers and school officials
• Co-operation with administrative officials
• Avoid nepotism and all other practices of
taking unfair advantage of one’s public
position
• Don’t pass unfavourable comments about the
competency of one’s colleagues in front of
others particularly students and their parents

17. Miscellaneous
• Show by personal conduct that education
makes better citizens and neighbours
• Avoid disparaging the profession but work for
its improvement
• Be willing to assume the responsibility which
goes with position
• Give early notice of resignation or long leave
so that alternate arrangements could be
made
• Don’t instigate the students to settle scores
with others, whatever may be the grievances

18. Personal Development of the Teacher
• Raise their educational qualification by
joining distance education programmes
• Active member in Subject – Teacher
Associations
• Participate in deliberations to study the text
books prescribed, question paper
construction, develop newer instructional
methods and aids etc

19. • Participate in the inservice programes
sponsored by the education department
• Always consider themselves as an ardent
student and get involved in learning
• Make use of the libraries to enrich their
knowledge by going through the latest books
• Always seeks the company of great people
noted for their scholarship and good conduct
• Could avail the railway concession available
to teachers to visit other states to gain direct
experiences with men and matter of different
hues

20. • Could participate in the proceedings of
literary and fine arts club, which are not
connected to any particular caste, creed or
religion
• If they are gifted with any specific talent,
they could make the best use of their talents
to win name and fame

21. Sources are taken from
•Slidesharenet.com
•Web sources