Role of Teachers in Student Personality Development: Key Strategies for Educators
Teachers play a crucial role in shaping students' personalities by serving as role models, fostering character development, instilling principles and discipline, promoting empathy and respect, encouraging volunteerism, practicing what they preach, avoiding labels, disciplining lovingly, listening actively, and providing support. By implementing these strategies, teachers can positively impact students' personal growth and development.
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ROLE OF TEACHERS IN STUDENTS PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT .. Dr. T.Sivasakthi Rajammal Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, Tamil Nadu Teachers Education University, Karappakkam, Chennai -97.
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom - Aristotle What is Personality? Personality is the sum total of physical, mental and emotional attitudes, values, interests and motivational factors
What is Personality Development? Personality development is actually the development from the organized pattern of attitudes and behaviours which makes an individual distinctive. PERSONALIY Thoughts Emotions Behaviour
Role of teachers in student personality 1.Encourage role models 2.Character building 3. Set Principles & Discipline. 4.Build Empathy 5. Insist of respect 6. Volunteerism 7. Actions speak 8. Avoid Labels 9.Punish Lovingly 10. Listen. 11. Help them
1. ENCOURAGE ROLE MODELS Students must choose a role model to follow. Teachers can make a conscious effort to highlight positive characters from science, literature, history, and arts as role models. Teachers can even make them dramatize story elements and styles with role plays and let them make a better choice to inspire. Discuss open-ended about current scenarios and leaderships, celebrities, sports figures as role models as well. Ask them to select people matching their words with actions and help them to elaborate on how they can improve their own and other's lives with good quality traits.
2. CHARACTER BUILDING There is a famous saying that; "Character can be measured by what one would do if no one were looking." Hence, if the correct character is infused deeply at an early age, positive behavior is automatic. There are individual pillars of character building, including; respect, care, responsibility, fairness, trustworthiness, courage, diligence, and integrity. This is an ideal way to infuse every trait in their personality, raise awareness so they can strive to get them in-depth to themselves. Suggest them a book and read specific chapters with them that can come up with their personal slogans for it.
3. SET PRINCIPLES & DISCIPLINE As a teacher, it is your responsibility to set appropriate and practical rules for classroom behavior. Get a clear perception of ground rules. Let them know what is acceptable and what is unacceptable in the premises. Let the character traits and practices infuse built by every rule. Set good examples of yourself, as well. Stay positive in praising students who exhibit good character and good behavior.
4. BUILD EMPATHY Make a zero-tolerance policy for character assaults, name-calling, and bullying. Encourage caring and empathetic attitudes. Ensure every student is included in caring activities and describe or enlist the random acts of kindness. Concept reward and appreciation systems for students and let them elaborate on their understanding.
5. INSIST ON RESPECT An ideal class should be established on the foundations of respect and pillars of politeness. Respecting other's points of view and protecting their own self-respect without being defensive based on the positive traits of characters. For any miss conduct of rules and situations, met with inappropriate consequences, make a strict application of rules on abuse and negativity intolerance in any kind of situation.
6. VOLUNTEERISM Highlight the virtues and importance of volunteerism in your classroom. Make different volunteer ship program in your class or school and motivate your students to participate in them. Let them assist in lab, plantations, read for junior classes, help at a local fundraiser, collect donations, provide support to students recovering from injury or illness. Make a worthy cause campaign primarily that serves disabled or elderly people to encourage emotions of sympathy into them. .
7. ACTIONS SPEAK Learning and knowledge is of no use if not applied well. Hence, challenge your students to do projects out of their education to benefit school, community, or city. Sit with them and brainstorm creative ideas to cultivate the pillars of personality development. Let them strive for a spirit of a will to do. Let senior students help junior ones to plan the necessary steps of the activity. Also, it involves parents to motivate them at home as well.
8. AVOID LABELS Just like character assault, labeling children with a habit or a thing is the worst thing that can happen with them. It affects their thought processing. Also, avoid comparing a kid with another even if they are too good to be idealized. Let them express their own potential and personality. This will help them to behave in a meaningful way.
9. PUNISH LOVINGLY It is not necessary that punishment always have to be violent and abusive. To handle your students properly, you need to punish them lovingly. Make them on the point of stress to differentiate between the right and the wrong. Explain the reasons for not approving certain activities and convince them for their own benefit. Make sure you both don't disappoint each other.
10. LISTEN Listen to the individual concerns of your students. Give them undivided attention. Let them open up to your trust as the golden rule of working wonders. This is an ideal way of giving them a sense of worthiness and built confidence in their personalities.
11. HELP THEM Childhood is the age of lots of learning and changes that are quick and a lot to deal with. Help them out with being there for your students whenever they need you. Be the ultimate support for them as a responsible teacher. Guide them to go through life's ups and down successfully with inner strength.
12. POSITIVE ATTITUDE Don t find fault with others I can do instead of cannot do I Choose to do instead of I have to do or I need to do
Benefits of Positive Attitude Solves Problems Breeds Loyalty Cultivates team work Makes Healthy Atmospheres Reduce Stress Develops Pleasing Personality
Confidence It is the key to over-all development of any child and teachers should always keep in mind that their focus should be increasing confidence by creating interactive group activities in class. Authenticity The teacher should not discourage the originality in the students as they will flourish more if they will be themselves.
Dressing sense Teacher should groom the students and should make them aware of how to make a desirable impression. Body-language It is just an important as verbal language. Everything including the way people walk, sit, talk or eat leaves an impact, so teachers should correct the body language of the students if they are not doing it properly. Opinionated thinking Teachers should inculcate and encourage opinion formation in students by asking them about their opinion on various topics in class.
Things to Enhance your Personality Don t compare your life Don t have negative thoughts Don t waste your precious energy on gossip Dream more while you are awake
Health Drink plenty of water Eat breakfast like a king, Lunch like a Prince and dinner like a Beggar Eat more foods that grow on trees Live with the 3 E s Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.
Fundamental Techniques in Handling People Don t criticize, condemn or complain Give honest and sincere appreciation
Ways to Make People like You Become genuinely interested in other people Smile Be a good listener Encourage others to talk about themselves
Win People to your way of Thinking Show respect for the other person s opinions. Never say, you re wrong. If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically. Begin in a friendly way Try honestly to see things from the other person s point of view
Be a Leader: How to change people without giving offence A leader s job often includes changing your people s attitudes and behavior. Some suggestions to accomplish this: Begin with praise and honest appreciation. Call attention to people s mistakes indirectly. Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person. Ask questions instead of giving direct orders. Use encouragement. Make the fault seem easy to correct. Make the other person happy about doing the thing you suggest
Stop Worrying Start living Don t stew about the futures. Just live each day until bedtime. Ask yourself, What is the worst that can possibly happen if I can t solve my problem? Prepare yourself mentally to accept the worst----if necessary. Then calmly try to improve upon the worst----which you have already mentally agreed to accept. If a problem can be solved, no need to worry about it. If a problem cannot be solved what is the use of worrying?
Techniques in Analyzing Worry Get the facts. Half the worry in the world is caused by people trying to make decisions before they have sufficient knowledge on which to base a decision. After carefully weighing all the facts, come to a decision. Once a decision is carefully reached, act When you, or any of your associates, are tempted to worry about a problem, write out and answer the following questions: What is the problem? What is the cause of the Problem? What are the possible solution? What is the best solution?
How to Make Good Personality Don t be loud. Know when to speak up. Don t be afraid to talk to others. Having a sense of humor is a plus. Remember personality doesn t mean that you should have looks. Be kind and considerate.
Tips Keep a smart head and keep cool. Don t shout or be aggressive. Don t doubt yourself. Be executive in dress. Create your own personal Style. Don t copy anyone.
How Winners are different from losers Hard work and Consistency Never give up attitude Focus and Determination Strategic planning and deliverance Self-confidence Time management Practical Positive thinking
The Choice is Yours . With a Bad attitude You can never have a positive day With a Positive Attitude You can never have a bad day
BE SLIM AND NO FAT F = Fear and Frustration A = Anxiety and Anger T = Tension S = Self-Confidence L = Love I = Initiative M = Moderation
WA AT TC CH H W = Words W A =Action T = Thoughts C = Character H = Heart Watch your definitions They become thoughts Watch your thoughts They become words Watch your words They become actions Watch your actions They become your destiny
.THANK YOU Dr. T.Sivasakthi Rajammal Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, Tamil Nadu Teachers Education University, Karappakkam, Chennai -97.
