14 November 2006
Teacher is a person who teaches students, to make them getting better in knowledge and skill as well. Teachers should be able to communicate and transfer the knowledge that they have. Teaching materials are the basic when teachers want to teach their students. There are 5 essential points to master the teaching materials which are reference books, self study, training, internet and team work.
The main source of teaching material is books. Books are very essential here. Teachers should be able to choose the most suitable books for their students, depend on the latter’s potential and intelligence. Most of the time teachers will use the books as reference for teaching and source of information. Good teachers won’t take just only one book as reference but also many other books.
Self study is also needed in mastering the materials. Everything in this world is changing and dynamic. The knowledge will always grow as the time flows. Teachers need to learn this ever-changing information. They should study again and again. Self study is needed to learn new things. Without this, teacher won’t grow in knowledge and the materials will turn old-fashioned.
All people need practice to learn a thing. Training is also one of the conditions to be a good teacher. Training is needed to understand the material even more. Teacher won’t master the material by just reading from reference books, but also by implementing it in the real world. World is dynamic so that training is essential to learn that transformation.
Internet provides us the latest news and information all around the world. Teacher needs internet for getting information and material. The access of internet itself is really fast. So a teacher can get the latest information and material in a short time. It has become even more efficient rather than go to the library and search for a book he needs. It is time consuming and the information itself could become old-fashioned. Nowadays internet could be used by anyone with reasonable prize. So Internet is a must for every professional teacher to master the material and to get information.
Team work is the last one. After doing all of the conditions above, the last important thing to do is team work. Work as a team is very difficult for some people, because every person has different point of view and way of thinking. But we should share our knowledge so others can have more experience and the reverse as well. In different time and place, the knowledge will be different as well. So working as a team and sharing are important in mastering the material.
Writer: Ivert (SHS Student)