Sunday 20 October 2013

Being a teacher, being a Sat Nav; an objective view and a subjective view

How wonderful to have a good sat nav? It shows the correct, efficient and most direct way to driver.

However, can you imagine how awful to have a rubbish Sat Nav? It won't show you a correct way. When driver take wrong turn, it takes ages to find alternative root. Sat Nav has not up dated but world is up dating every day, therefore, it can not find a right place even type an address. Driver does not even know how many mileage left to the destination or what time they will get to the distillation. This Sat Nav will not make driver want to drive any where. With sat nav like this, driver won't get any where or just get lost by the process of driving! By the consequences of this rubbish sat nav, the car might will break down and no more petrol left to drive around.

Now, please re-read the sentence above with changing the words "Driver" to students, and "Sat Nav" as teacher....

Teaching is a team work of students and tracers. Same as Sat Nav can not get to the destination without a driver to take. Teachers need to use their objective point of view to re-focus student's subjective view.
As often find an answer can be a difficult process even the answer is simple and clear. That is because subject; student is too close to the answer. Often closer we get less we see. Therefore, teacher's objective, distanced view become necessarily to solve their problems.
 This is a students point of view; a subjective point of view. When they are stuck in problem, trying to work a way out to solve the problem. But, very much lost because hey do not see where they are,therefore, they do not know where to go or which direction to prceed. And, eventually students get tired, injured and no other choice but stop or give up.

 This is a good teacher's point of view; an objective point of view. They know the place very well, as they have already been to the place or this maze as they were student. Therefore, they know exactly how to guide the student, if the teacher knows where the students are in the maze or in the place.




Then, new question has occurred. So, do you think can teachers guide the students if teachers have ever been to the place or ever been to the maze of problem? 

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