Testimonial For the Book - Teaching Technology- a behaviour modification.

 Testimonial For the Book - Teaching Technology- a behaviour modification.

Women - as Educator

 

Women - as Educator

By Rubia R. Laskar

 Asst. Professor

Dept. Of Education

Umshyrpi  College.

 

 Women- the most beautiful creation of God. A mother, a daughter, a sister, a wife, a lover and bond into multiple relationships plays multiple roles in the society. More than that a women can be considered as the best teacher or educator for the students. They are created so beautifully that they can impart education just like a mother does to her child. Me as a teacher and coming from the same gender, I feel that I have always tried to do justice to my profession, which is teaching. All would agree that a mother is the best teacher on Earth who nurtures her child with utmost care and teaches all that is useful for the child with her care and affection. In this article I do not intend to emphasize equality of men with women, I only put my point of view, which I felt that women can be the best teacher as I believe.

 

 

     She sees in every child the qualities and bonding of her own child whether in School, College or Universities. To the extent with my experiences of 15 years I have observed that Students under the care and affection of a women teacher, changes his/herself very fast and there takes place a great change in their personality. The students feel protective under her care and always feel that there is somebody to take care of him/her. According to Gandhi Ji there is no School better than home and there is no teacher better than parents. If we analyze again womanhood is not restricted to the kitchen and wanted women to play a vital in the affairs of the nation. So, I do believe women as teachers are indeed playing a vital role in the affairs of the nation. Even during the ancient time, let me take an example of Rigveda age where we get reference of such learned ladies as Visvavara, Lopamudra, Apala, Urvashi Ghosa , Sulabha, Lilabati, Maitreyi, Saswati, Kshana, Gargi and others , also Savitribai Phule is known as India’s first female teachers. We also had women as educators in the name of Kadambini Ganguly, Begum Zafar Ali, Durgabai Deshmukh, Mahadevi Verma, another notable woman in the education field is Asima Chatterjee. Vimla Kaul , an example of the great saying, “ Be young at heart and not age”, and many  more women educators in our country. So, women teachers existed since the ancient times and mother were considered to be the best teachers even during the period of Rome and Greece and they were entrusted the responsibilities to teach their daughters, so, we can say that since ancient times the women played an important role as a teacher in teaching the child. Female teachers play a crucial role in the matter as they provide a solution for ensuring more young women to get access to learning opportunities and girls are likely to feel comfortable and secure in a classroom where they have the support and guidance of a female teacher. Students can easily discuss their problems with a female teacher as a female teacher can make learning interesting and make the classroom interactive. A classroom can be turned to an interactive classroom only when the students find themselves comfortable especially with a teacher.

                    According to Nikita Kewa, ‘with proper guidance, a child can achieve anything. This is all it takes”. Female teachers have the potential to completely transform the current situation. Female teachers act as a role model and the motivation girls have is significantly higher when that know a women will be the one taking care of their learning process. Parents also have more confidence in sending their daughters to school if they know a female teacher will be present, they simply feel more secure. Female teachers also secure a better learning environment for girls and make sure that they will get the necessary attention and right approach. But on the other hand, women must also understand their impact and the role they play in education. They should play the role as mentors and make sure that boys and girls are treated the same way by promoting gender equality. In the elementary level, women can play a motherly role for students and make sure that they receive the proper guidance and learning conditions. A female teacher can talk openly to the students. In the State where I stay, I can proudly say female teachers are playing a leading role in all the stages of education and also female teachers only turn to become an administrative leader and they control everything successfully. Measures should be taken gradually to promote more of female teachers so that they become an example for other teachers and also can empower other women. The qualities of women as teacher are:

·         Patient , caring and kind.

·         Knowledge of learners.

·         Dedication to teaching

·         Feeling a sense of responsibilities.

·         Subject matter knowledge.

·         Ability to develop relationships and trust.

·         Showing communication skills

·         A good listener.

·         Focuses on collaboration.

·         Adaptable, shows empathy and have good and high patience.

·         Sense of humour.

·         Can motivate the students towards learning.

·         Can understand the problem of the learners.

·         Belief in all children

·         Authoritative and a good counselor.

·         A good promoter and participant.

·         Ability to make the students think and feel in productive ways about their learning.

·         Drive for self-improvement.

    The best part of a female educator is that they see where they can improve. They tend to accept the feedbacks of the students very beautifully and work on it to improve. What I believe is that “one of the most important parts a teaching is having dedication”. Female teachers not only listen but also coach mentor their students. They are able to shape academic goals and are dedicated to getting their students to achieve them. So, we can say that teachers are leaders and they lead by example in the way they act, speak and behave. They lead their students through challenging activities and rigorous learning. They also take on additional teachers leadership roles inside and outside the classroom. So, female teachers possess these qualities more better. It is for this that our father of the Nation Stated that,’ if you educate a man you educate an individual, but if you educate a women you educate an entire family”. So, girls should be motivated more to take up higher education and should be an able teacher and be an example for the rest of the girls for the future. So, women can be the arbiters of their own destiny.  

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