ROLE AS A SPECIALIST TEACHER 1

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As a science teacher, specializing in the subject areas of Biology and Integrated Science, I

often assume a number of roles. These roles are primarily to emphasize the importance of

scientific knowledge, and facilitate the most effective methods of knowledge acquisition and

application in the respective fields.

One of my main roles as a science teacher is to make students appreciate the need for

scientific knowledge, and to understand the importance of its application to their everyday life.

Once they are able to recognize a connection, the subject becomes more meaningful to them, and

this sparks an interest to learn. It therefore becomes my responsibility to employ enjoyable and

effective strategies to maintain their enthusiasm and interest in the subject area.

Another role as a specialist science teacher is to understand the Biology and Integrated

Science curriculums; and to develop effective methods of instruction and assessment to ensure

all criteria proposed by the curriculum are accomplished. The methods adopted for instruction

must meet the needs of all types of learners in the classroom, thereby guaranteeing all students

learn equally. The types of assessments must vary as well and not necessarily be confined to pen

and paper. This ensures that the manner in which all students retain information is equally

assessed.

Encouraging critical thinking by the students, using the scientific method as a guide, is

also a key role of a science teacher. Laboratory exercises can be used to accomplish this, and

they not only familiarizes students with laboratory equipment and their importance, but also

provides a means of obtaining reliable data upon which assumptions and conclusions can be

made.
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A specialist science teacher is also required to encourage students to recognize their

surroundings as a means of providing information relevant to everyday life. Their biotic and

abiotic environment is constantly involved in a series of interactive processes which sustains life.

Science students in particular need to be aware of these as it adds greater meaning to the subjects

of Biology and Integrated Science and their applications.

Insightful and well thought out.