Reinterpreting the Role of the Teacher in Student- Centric Teaching and Learning Process in Higher Education
Sulabha Dixit
Asst. Professor of English, The Bhopal School of Social Sciences, Bhopal (MP)
G.A. Ghanshyam
Professor and Head, Department of English, Govt. Lahiri P.G. College, Chirimiri (CG)
Keywords: Learning process, Skill generation, Emotional intelligence
Abstract
After much introspection and discussion, the teacher community has come to a consensus that the need of the hour is to adopt a student-centric pedagogical approach. The new age teacher of higher education is not expected to neglect any of the traditional responsibilities and roles but is faced with certain novel challenges that did not exist in the last century. Therefore, the teacher in a student-centric teaching learning process needs to wear many new hats without giving up the old ones. Today’s teacher must use technology in the classroom; deal with increasing heterogeneity; facilitate skill generation; sift the wheat from the chaff in the realm of domain knowledge; generate work experience for students; inculcate a sense of social responsibility; promote research and innovation as well as encourage leadership roles, promote emotional intelligence, spirit of adventure and internationalism in the student community. These are only some of the considerations a teacher needs to keep in mind, while the time tested role of teacher as counsellor not only continues to remain valid but seems to have acquired a new urgency owing to myriad modern day stresses.
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