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TULSI PRAJÑA not be loosely handled. They earnestly need care, love, and attention. They are very sensitive and unless the teacher himself is very sensitive, he can neither take responsibility nor understand them.
When the teacher has reached that stage that he can understand his pupil well and can take care of them, his next attention should be to know what are his responsibilities towards his work so that the process of pupils' wholesome growth may go on smoothly.
Awareness towards Il'ork
Comparatively, a teacher at the primary school has more responsibility and is required to play a subtler role than the teacher at the secondary stage as his clientale is maturer in comparison with that of the primary school teahers. Thercfore, in discharging his role adequately, the primary school teacher inust be aware of those personal and professional qualities which are good for a balanced growth of his pupil. No one else can do a better job at this stage of schooling than the teacher who is self-aware for he is passively sensitive, unprejudiced and full of love for the pupil. Some of value-oriented roles which he should perform. are listed below: ()
(a) Personal Qualities
· The teacher should have the following personal qualities: 1. discipline 2. cleanliness 3. optimism 7. sweet tongue 5. attractive personality 6. pleasing manners & behaviour 7. tolerance 8. secular outlook 9. alertness 10. punctuality 11. regularity 12. love 13. nationalist outlook (b) Professional Qualities 1. have sufficient knowledge of child psychology. 2. develop effective teaching methods, 3. satisfy students' inquisitiveness towards knowledge,
January-March 1993
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