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Developing Awareness in Teachers. Towards Values
55 t. be academically sound to solve students' problems, 5. promote moral values by his personal examples, 6. be dedicated to his profession, 7. understand pupil's family background, 8. promote free thinking to develop creativity, 9. promote citizen qualities, 10. develop awareness towards environment, 11. keep regular contact with the parents. Awareness towards the Society
Though social values are rapidly changing, there are values which are fixed and have been influencing our lives all the time. Therefore, all teachers in light of the changing social values and the static values as well, must preserve the cultural heritage of this august country which has always been considered rich in terms of art and culture. in comparison with the other countries of the world. Although we do not have any fixed Cardinal Values as are in vogue in the African countries (R), we have deep rooted cherished cultural values which have always influenced the lives of common men in this country. We do respect our elders, parents and teachers as well. We do believe in the dignity of the individual and cherish to develop good citizens through our social and educational institutions. But in the past two decades a great deterioration in those social norms has been witnessed. The teacher must be aware of the cause of this social degeneration and exert great influence on his pupil to arrest this fall. Therefore, in order to preserve the old heritage it would be imperative for the elementary school teachers to encourage the parents to work closely with them. Ways of establishing this relationship are: 'through a parent-teacher association, regular visits to school by the parents and utilization of the parents' services as voluntary assistance to the primary/elementary teachers. In fact parents can be of immense help to the classroom teacher because they possess practical knowledge of the child's behaviour pattern outside the school environment. Such a cooperation between the parents and the teachers is in the interest of the children as well as the community as the parents also serve as community public relations personnel of the school.().
The procedure
A chart has already been projected in this article under the second subheading. 'Pre-requisites to Self-awareness', which indicates the possible ways which may lead one to attain self-awareness. And once, if the teacher is able to know-himself, he would not have much difficulty in identifying his duties and responsibilities towards his pupil, work and society. Still some procedure need to be adopted by him to be more effective in his various roles he is expected to
January-March 1993
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| SR No. | 524573 |
| Book Title | Tulsi Prajna 1993 01 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Parmeshwar Solanki |
| Publisher | Jain Vishva Bharati |
| Publication Year | 1993 |
| Total Pages | 156 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Classification | Magazine, India_Tulsi Prajna, & India |
| File Size | 9 MB |