Society and You

Community Perception on the Role of Teachers

in the Community

Teachers are perceived to be:

1. Very important in a community
2. Respected in a community
3. Help in the community to some extent
 Community Perception on Beliefs and Attitudes
about Teachers and Teaching
The community respondents strongly agreed
that teachers:
1. Help develop the moral character of
children
2. Are second parents
3. Are assets to the community
The community respondents agreed
with 12 beliefs and attitudes, as follows:
1. The most intelligent child should be
encouraged to enter the teaching profession.
2. Teacher sets moral standard of the community.
3. Teachers make good parents.
4. Men should be encouraged to enter the
teaching profession
5. The teaching profession is one of the lowest
paid.
6. Teachers should be paragons of virtue.
Children obey and respect their teachers
7. Teachers play an active role in disciplining
children.
8. Praising boosts a child’s self-confidence.
9. A teacher is a child’s model.
10. Child’s interest in studies depends upon
his/her teachers.
11. Parents entrust children’s welfare to teachers.
 Socialization and Child
Development
 Socialization is the process by which
individuals acquire the knowledge,
skills, and character traits that
enable them to participate as
effective members of groups and
society
 Socialization is what every parent does
 Socialization is what every teacher does
 Socialization is what every religion does
 Socialization is what every culture does via it’s
language, customs
 Socialization is what every employer does
 Socialization is what every government does
through its laws and systems of punishment for
violations
 Socialization is what friends do when they
accept or reject you on the basis of
whether or not you conform to their values
 Socialization is what the media do by
providing role models of behavior and
solutions to common problems