Teaching profession: Why have I chosen teaching as profession

presentation presented by my mentor, Sir Liaqat Nadeem, HOD, Lahore Garrison University, DHA, Lahore

1. WHY DID I CHOOSE TEACHING PROFESSION ? PRSENTER’S NAME: LIAQUAT ALI NADEEM

2. Contents: What is teaching profession Top Ten Reasons why teaching can be a great profession What are the opinion of great thinkers about teaching and teachers Why did I choose it ?

3. Teaching Profession? It is dissected as: The facilitation of student learning Imparting knowledge or skill It is an intended behaviour to introduce learning It is said that teacher is an artist and teaching is an art .

4. According to G. Wells (1998) it is a cluster of activities that are noted about teacher such as explaining, deducing, questioning ,motivating, taking attendance, keeping record of works, students’ progress and students’ background information.

5. Personal qualities of a teacher

6. Types of Teachers

7. Top ten reasons why teaching can be a great profession 1. Student potential Unfortunately, not every student will succeed in your class. However, this fact should not stop a teacher from believing that every student has the potential for success. This potential is so existing that each new year presents new challenges and new potential successes .

8. 2. Student success and teacher’s exhilaration It can be a means of great exhilaration when a student who did not understand a concept and then he learned it through your help. 3. Teaching helps you learn a subject You will never learn a topic better than when you start teaching it. 4. Daily humour If you have positive attitude and a sense of humour, you will find things to laugh about each day. So find the fun in your class and enjoy your profession. 5. Affecting the future When you are teaching in a class, you, in fact, are also exercising your own influences upon your students who are our future. 6. Staying younger Being around young people everyday will help you remain knowledgeable about current trends, fashions and ideas .

9. 7. Autonomy in the class Once a teacher closes the door of his classroom and begins teaching, he really is one who decides what is going to happen in the classroom. Not many jobs provide an individual with so much room to be creative and autonomous each day 8. Conducive to family life If you are married and have children, academic calendar will typically allow you to have the same days off as your kids. 9. Job security In many communities teachers are scarce commodity. It is fairly certain that you will be able to find a job as a teacher if you have proven yourself a successful teacher.

10. 10. Summer off It is the only profession where you have summer vacation, winter holidays, and weekends which can really be a huge benefit and provide much needed rest time

11. Opinions of great thinkers Aristotle: those who know , do . Those who understand, teach. Phil C ollins in learning you will teach and in teaching you will learn.

12. William Arthur Ward The mediocre teacher tells , the good teacher explain the superior teacher demonstrate, the great teacher inspires. Nikos Kazantzakis True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their student s to cross, then having facilitated their crossing joy fully collapse, encouraging them to create their own. Jacques Barzun Teaching is not a lost art but the regard for it is a lost tradition. William Glasser When you study great teachers, you will learn much more from their caring and hard work than from their style. Albert Einstein I never teach my pupils , I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.

13. Why did I choose teaching profession ? The Holy Prophet says that he has been sent in this world as a teacher. It means that it is a profession of prophets. My role models are my teachers. I can never forget them. They motivated and inspired me to be a teacher. Though my parents want to make me a doctor and I did F.sc pre medical yet eventually they give me permission to choose teaching profession. It is not only teaching rather preaching and the teacher leaves indelible prints on the heart and mind of students. So if a teacher is sincere with his profession he can give “ true and sincere men” to his nation.

14. It has been noted that a student pays a lot of attention to his teacher. He is all ears to his teachers. So if you have something good with your self you can impart it to your students. it is a duty which gives us a chance to earn “Halal”. It is a suitable profession for a thorough gentle and educated person. It is also a profession which gives us an opportunity for ventilation of emotions and feelings . A teacher in the class has a chance to share all his views and feelings with his students about any topic .

15. I choose this profession because it can become a bridge between you and society and as a teacher a person can enhance his social contacts. A teacher deals with the psyche of hundreds of students belonging to different bent of mind, different culture, classes and family background. Though it does not appear that a teacher is a sharp person yet it is a fact that his maximum contact with a student makes him a person of deep, profound and very broad vision. In the case of other profession like Army, police, csp , etc. people are expert in certain or limited areas but not in social issues. Teaching profession enables a man to tackle every situation.

16. It can also be counted as “ Sadqa-i-Jaria ”. It means that when a teacher dies, his knowledge imparted to his pupils would be spiritually benefited to him when his pupils are transferring or imparting this knowledge to other.

17. A teacher can bring a great revolution in the minds and hearts of people by exercising his sublime thought upon them. He can reform, improve and refine their personality and thoughts.

18. A teacher’s role in making or marring a nation is of great importance. A teacher can lift the glory of a nation or he can demolish or destroy the edifice of a nation. The example of the former East Pakistan which is now Bangladesh is before us where Hindu teachers played a key role in poisoning the hearts and minds of the people of East Pakistan.