Hello Groupmates，
I have read some articles about the role of the teachers. The articles may be helpful for you to understand the role of the teachers.
http://members.shaw.ca/priscillatheroux/teacherrole.html The website show some opinion of the teachers role from different people.
http://www.csun.edu/~meq75037/paper1.html This paper talks about the role of the teachers.
After read these articles I think teachers need to constantly update their professional knowledge and ability of structure students to learn knowledge, in that way teachers in the classroom should change from "teaching" to "study", concerning and respecting for each students, to achieve the goal of really "teaching" and "learning", not only for teachers themselves but also for students all. Actively participate in education training to improve themselves.
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By Andy
“Successful implementation of change ICT is not about equipment or software but influencing and empowering teachers” (Yuen, Law et al. 2003)
ReplyDeleteIt seems that a considerable amount of schools in mainland of China, especially in some developed cities such as Shanghai, Beijing, Hangzhou, aren’t lack of advanced educational equipments and devices. While the shortage of well-trained teachers is one of the main obstacles of effectively applying technology into school T&L of mainland China. It is common in most schools of mainland China that teachers use powerpoint to teach the class, but except it, they never use any other high-tech educational tools in teaching, since most of them only mastered a little bit of computer technology, not to mention apply ICT into teaching.
Thus, from current situation, I think develop basic technology quality of teachers is much more important than introducing technology. I admit a good teacher can teach students well by only using a stick and some dirt. But a bad teacher will not teach a child well even if he/she has all the latest technologies in the world. So the following critical aspects need to be addressed before technology can effectively be introduced into schools:
1. Improving the technological skills of teachers, and at the same time giving them enough time and opportunities to learn new technology;
2. Enhancing teachers’ ability to use the computer as a tool in problem solving;
3. Making technology available in schools