Self-Perspective of 21st Century Educators: A Challenge in The Globalised Educational World

Year 2019, Volume: 4 Issue: 3, 325 - 333, 01.07.2019

Vinnaras Nithyanantham Robinson Paulmony Shahzad Ramadan Hasan

https://doi.org/10.24331/ijere.573869

Cited By: 3

Abstract

In the contemporary techno world the role of a teacher is multi challenged. The role of the teacher is
challenged, as the students of present age are gathering ideas from all around. The students are
expected to be an all-rounder in every walks of their life. Thus, the role of a successful teacher in
teaching the students accordingly should be multi-faceted. In order to fulfil the need of the today’s
learners the teacher must be a self-creator of the curriculum based on the situation presented at the
classroom. The 21st century educators can be an excellence in their self-perspectives to sense the
world and make all the students feel to move around. Excellence is not a skill, but it is the attitude of
a person that must be the part of every educators. This study focuses on self-perspective of the
educators in the modern professional life to endeavour the socio-cultural requisite of the globe and it
is found that the 21st century educators can be an excellence in their self-perspectives to sense the
world and make all feel to move

Keywords

Self-perspective, Global technology, Adopter, pedagogy, thinking skill

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