TEACHERS’ ROLE IN SHAPING STUDENTS’ BEHAVIOR

AVELINA R. SANGUYO

7eachinJ has Eeen descriEed as the noElest SroIession In the cXrrent settinJ the resSonsiEilit\ oI shaSinJ their stXdents into contriEXtinJ memEers oI societ\ has Iallen more on teachers than eYer EeIore 7he stXdent s Yer\ character is at the center oI this 6ince stXdents will Ee the nation s IXtXre citi]ens teachers haYe a resSonsiEilit\ to helS them deYeloS the sNills necessar\ to ensXre a EriJht IXtXre Ior the nation

A child sSends a lot oI time in school which imSroYes the interSersonal relationshiS Eetween the teacher and the stXdent 7he teacher will Ee held to hiJher standards in terms oI enJaJement and dedication Irom the stXdent 7he teacher woXld haYe a sSecial oSSortXnit\ to mold and direct his stXdents 7he stXdent will Xnderstand the siJniIicance oI the Jood TXalities and YalXes that the teacher has instilled in him iI the teacher IXlIills his dXties eIIectiYel\ 2EserYational learninJ is amonJ the most eIIicient methods oI edXcation In the classroom a teacher e[emSliIies a wide ranJe oI EehaYiors 6tXdents oEserYe and taNe notes on his or her actions %ecaXse reSetition is how stXdents learn the\ IreTXentl\ oEserYe thinJs that teach them aEoXt Nindness XnderstandinJ Satience IorJiYeness anJer IrXstration etc 7he liNelihood oI a EehaYior chanJes increases with the stXdent s attachment to the teacher

A teacher mXst Ee deYoted to teachinJ as a career in order to tacNle the new challenJes that come with the MoE In addition to learninJ YarioXs methods and techniTXes Ior imSartinJ NnowledJe teachers mXst also receiYe traininJ on how to interact more Sersonall\ with their stXdents In addition to haYinJ receiYed Iormal traininJ in this area oI stXdent relations teachers who worN as coXnselors in their schools are crXcial in IosterinJ an enYironment in the classroom that sXSSorts a child s Ss\choloJical and intellectXal Jrowth

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