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Revisiting our Teaching Culture

Effective teaching is an endless endeavour yielding rich dividends without the use of corporal punishment

SHEIKH SHABIR KULGAMI
Last updated: February 27, 2025 12:21 pm
SHEIKH SHABIR KULGAMI
Published: February 27, 2025
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Why do you opt for the profession of teaching— especially in school education — when you long for more comforts and a smooth sailing in meeting the necessaries of life?  Exemplary patience and humbleness are a key for survival in the realm of teaching , the school level teaching in particular. In this challenging field, a teacher is her/his own motivational force; public appreciation or approval is trumped by demotivation, unhealthy criticism and unsympathetic attitude. Let us have a review of our teaching culture for fine-tuning it to the requirements of today. Why punch holes in teachers’ working style — just for the sake of fun?

A vast majority of school teachers have been seen preferably responding with the  physical / verbal punishment or both against the students not living upto their expectations. This approach— though unlawful  — works at times, making a teacher  presume that stringent punishment is the way forward to foster learning among pupils. But nine times out of ten, it backfires : neither  the students learn nor do they gain inspiration to love their studies. Worse , it births absenteeism; raises the number of children shunning school and subsequently that of illiterates or semi- illiterates.

Effective teaching is an endless endeavour yielding rich dividends without the use of corporal punishment. A tonic of motivation, although seldom provided, along with a teacher’s efficient skills and command over the content—   make teaching-learning a sweet experience. Motivating students for learning leaves any punishment unnecessary. This , however, is a mountain to climb: exceptionally capable teachers are thin on the ground.

Undeniably,  demotivated pupils reduce the tempo of learning and  the hardwork ends in smoke.  With learners ready to receive a lesson/ topic, a teacher finds it an easy task  to make them understand  it . When you know why you are doing something, you work better.   Knowing that the medicine will treat his/her ailment, a patient takes it as advised by the doctor. Obviously,  telling the students the reason (s) for learning something makes them curious to know how it will help them. This hunger to know the benefit of doing something acts as a driving force to see them hard workers, keen observers and disciplined . Thus a verbal or physical punishment loses ground.

From that it follows that  the students will always be in a learning mode, making the  job  enjoyable for them and the teacher. Now every time, you plan your classroom presentation, you must keep your students in mind and never forget that they are active, curious and thinking beings. They look upon you as a facilitator, helper and patient listener. You can well ensure that their notes/ reading materials are  clear and definite to learn with ease.  In this pleasant atmosphere,  a teacher  can encourage students to ask  questions and teach them  ‘when and how’ they should ask questions.  The teacher can also ask them his/her own questions. And should a student come up with a wrong answer,  the teacher must never rebuke or insult him/her. But reward the student with positive words for having at least stood up to answer.

 

This positive reinforcement appeals to the student’s sense of pride and encourages him/her more to answer or question. A competition sets in among the students. And most importantly, the class room transforms into the happiest and the most beneficial place to work in. Essentially, teaching in an atmosphere of student readiness enables a quality teacher  to learn that the pupils are very active mentally and just need a window to express themselves. And be at  their best. How easy teaching becomes then! Yes, they, sometimes, are not able to give right answers or think creatively but most of the time, their responses are quick and correct.

Needed here is a dose of encouragement.  As a teacher, one must respect and recognise the individuality of one’ s students. And show great care and confidence when they talk, act or read. Make no mistake if students are ignored, they feel nervous, rejected and dejected which , in turn, kills the  learning desire , inducing a discouraging learning climate.  It is in order to point out that if only a student of  more intelligence , perceived or real, is gifted attention, her/his classmates feel jealousy and inferiority. These  negative emotions  affect the learner’s studies and health.

A responsible teacher discourages biased and lopsided interaction with the students. To him/ her, every student is valuable and capable of learning provided equity and equality is a guiding principle in the classroom situations.  And in this day and age, teachers must back their teaching with activities for  effective learning. Gone are the days when the traditional ways of teaching-learning were fruitful ; even acceptable.  Now times have changed; so have the minds of our children. That we teachers must recognise.

Most importantly, this author has discovered that students are gifted with torrents of talent to face the various challenges of life. A class room must have  a vast scope to explore and express those capabilities.  In such an academic scenario ,  pupils  feel confidence and exhibit a positive self-image. They like their studies and feel that learning any subject is a smooth sailing.   The good news is that teachers can certainly make teaching-learning an enjoyable, easy and productive exercise.

For that we need to use newer and attractive teaching methods with the administrative set up behind us. All we need is to take more pains, motivate our students, respect them, value them and give them opportunities to express themselves. That way, we will see them on road to academic excellence.  Let us pledge that we teachers  do not push students on to the backfoot in a classroom. They learn the best in the school environment which respects and recognises their talents.

(Author is RK Columnist and Teacher by Profession. Feedback: [email protected])

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