Hi, Danilo,

I have been teaching only seven years, but it has been a dream come true for me. This is my third and probably last career as I'm not 63 years old. I often hear younger academics speak of the teaching part of the job as something they would rather escape so that they have more time for their research. With all of the external rewards associated with research, I suppose that is understandable.

But to me, the teaching is intrinsically motivating. I chose to teach undergraduates because they are more ready to learn than graduate students. There is nothing more fulfilling than watching them learn how to think, to develop their own capacities to learn, and to see them embrace the ethics and values of my profession (social work).

I give all three aspect of the job serious time and effort - teaching, research, and service - but teaching is the part that keeps me going. I simply love it.

Dear Danilo,

Notably, different people have different reasons for teaching. On the face of it, teaching is a process aimed  at satisfying students'  needs through human interventions helping them learn specific kinds of  knowledge, information and skills. However, the participation of the teachers as  knowers in shaping and developing  learners' knowing by contributing to their  understanding and general education has long been under scrutiny and criticism. Insights gleaned from the literature provided by professor Kumaravadivelu (2012) reveals that such a role clearly undermines the true responsibilities of a teacher. Mere transformation of knowledge along the theoretical and practical lines set by circles of power and domination is not enough. As such, I tried to change my professional stance by adopting the teachings of professor Kumara and following the teaching principles of post-modern era where teachers' constant professional development should be directed towards critical pedagogy. In this type of instruction, all groups of learners have their particular needs defined by the local standards and the role of the teacher is to help them think  critically and monitor their own learning practices . I strongly believe that teachers' role today is certainly influenced by the demands of global education where social diversity and equal opportunities for all are its dominant factors.

Best regards,

R. Biria

good greeting:

Education is one of the fundamentals of advancement in society and the improvement of its level of culture; the process of learning is related to the living organism as long as it survives, and the relationship of education to learning is one that provides the other with ideas. Education is also one of the most important and important things in our lives. In education, we develop intellectually, culturally and scientifically. We can reach the impossible from development and discovery. The education aims to bring forth individuals with thought and awareness. It is an investment in the reconstruction of the land and the continuation of life in easy, Education is also known as a set of practices by the individual in terms of skills and knowledge, in addition to the new values, which aim to be the individual has acquired the skill, knowledge and experience, and the teaching of various methods, including systematic, automatic, in addition to Non Formal education is the education that is in scientific theaters of schools and universities. Informal education is that a person directs a person directly and is not in school, and not what a person learns automatically. In life.

Hi Danilo,

I invite you to visit this site. Use this link:

https://www.edutopia.org/discussion/20-inspiring-reasons-why-you-love-teach

Hello Danilo,

These are my goals:

_ To produce responsible citizens.

_ To educate learners to become fully competent language users and critical thinkers.

Best,

Litart

Hi dear 

Teaching is a passion.  Unless you have the intrinsic motivation to be a teacher, you will not be creative. This is my viewpoint. 

Liqaa 

Your thoughts are well appreciated.

I agree with  Asim

Sharing, caring, visualizing, empowering and consolidating. These I think should be the objectives of teaching and teachers. (I would prefer mentor)

One needs to share or exchange knowledge

Similarly the concern to develop or establish  certain skills or even knowledge among the learners

More importantly as a teacher I should be able to visualize the need of the society and also the industry and the direction it is likely to take.

Keeping this in mind a teacher should identify the potential in the learners and empower them to meet the upcoming requirement. 

To achieve this what others have said is cent percent true.

The best part of being a teacher / mentor is one has to be a learner all the time and keep pace with the latest changes and challenges.