In the current scheme of things (higher education), there is no mandatory certification for a person to get into teaching. National Eligibility Test (NET) is more about knowledge testing than about testing how good a teacher you can be and whether one understands what paradigm of teaching we are dealing with in today's world and also, the evolved role of a teacher.
We are definitely not in the paradigm of 'passing of information to students' which many have done for ages now. Standing in front of PPT and delivering a talk.
Today a teacher's role is more about facilitation. However, for a person to understand this, one needs to understand what skills to develop to become a good facilitator. A facilitator for students not only in classroom but also elsewhere wherever he/ she is required to, right from the moment a student takes admission in the institute till he/ she passes out and post that. There is no denying the fact that Alums can deliver back substantially to the institute & the teacher. Some of the best institutes & teachers are known because of their students.
Prof. Dutta mentions about teacher creating substantial value for students. It is absolutely true. That is why probably, teaching is considered a noble profession. This value creation however, is much beyond being just economic in nature. Value creation is also in terms of ethics.
A teacher can pass on diverse skills to students or can facilitate the same in today's scenario. However, the question is whether the teacher is aware of this?
There is a reason to why I am saying so. Many a times what I have seen in my very limited years of experience is that when a teacher fails to facilitate this passing over of skills to the students and the student fails in delivering on the expectations of the "world of work", the teacher very easily passes on this responsibility of preparing the students for the world of work to the 'Training & Placement Officer'.
This practice becomes a tradition over a period of years and thus, a teacher (bad) brings nothing but losses to the institution which are never measured.
On 7 October 2016 at 09:49, Prof. Bholanath Dutta <bnath.dutta@gmail.com> wrote:
The skills-gap of teachers is increasing across academic disciplines, and it is not a good sign for an emerging economy like India. Since, teachers are directly involved in grooming tomorrow's leaders, it becomes imperative to improve the quality of teachers and also narrow down the skills-gap.--
In fact, Stanford professor and "Baby Nobel" prize winner, Raj Chetty, in his research on value addition by teacher, states that a good teacher can create substantial economic value for students. While a bad teacher, who has worked for more than a decade in an institute, creates a loss of $2.5 million.
His research, primarily, highlights that the skills-gap in teachers can hurt the economy as it can exact huge losses in the long-run.How to identify the skill gaps for teachers and how to address the same at institutional and national level remains a big challenge.EDUCATE, EMPOWER, ELEVATEProf. Bholanath DuttaFounder & PresidentMTC Global: An Apex Global Advisory Bodyin Management Education, ISO 9001: 2008Partner: UN Global Compact I UN Academic ImpactCell: +91 96323 18178 / +91 9964660759
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