Teacher Development - Ways and Means (PDF)

Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2012 in the subject Didactics - English - Pedagogy, Literature Studies, grade: None, , course: English Languange Teaching, language: English, abstract: ABSTRACT
The paper deals about the following points in detail.
The first part of the paper starts with the role of a teacher and importance in the society. Then the paper deals about the objectives of Teacher Development. It starts with the definition, what is Teacher development. Further the researcher talks about, How to identify the challenges involved in teacher development. Few examples are such as time, money and support.
The second part of the paper starts with the note how to concentrate on Teaching as a teacher. Further the paper also deals about the different ways of developing an individual as teacher such attending seminars, presenting papers, writing articles and books and etc. I t also talks about how one can develop himself / herself formally and informally.
Third part of the paper deals about what are the possible steps one can take to improve himself/ herself as a teacher. In this part the presenter would like to bring the attention of every teacher by asking few questions such as who are you. It also deals about how an individual can improve his standard by Self-directed Teaching development. In Conclusion, presenter suggests how an individual can improve to become an effective teacher.