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An Ideal teacher for Anchor Comprehensive Secondary School


               The research conducted based on the school context and what ideal teacher is required
               for this specific school, we have observed that the school is located in a township that

               has many negative influences on the learners such as substance abuse, violence,

               teenage pregnancy, theft and absenteeism, those are the major challenges that are
               reflected by the learners at school. Due to these factors, the school requires a teacher

               that is kind, caring, supportive and open to listening to learners’ issues and challenges.

               The positive aspects of the school context include implementation of technology in the

               school that accommodates and embraces the changes brought about the Fourth
               Industrial Revolution. This is done through Smartboard workshops that teach teachers

               the necessary skills that are required for the implementation of the technology in their
               respective classroom.


               We thereafter have identified that an ideal teacher for Anchor Comprehensive School
               specifically has and requires having the following traits; these are the most important

               traits that a teacher is required to obtain in order to be an ideal teacher for the school.




                   1.  An ideal teacher connects to children as human beings. He/she knows each child
                       intimately and extends a relationship to children beyond the task of teaching and

                       learning  even  when  classrooms  are  overcrowded.  A  culture  of  respect,
                       collaboration and acceptance is fostered for all children.

                   2.  An  ideal  teacher is  a  role  model  and  he/she  subscribe  to  a  pedagogy of  care
                       (Nodding, 1988) because the emotional, physical and social well-being of children

                       a primary concern (in line with Maslow’s hierarchy of needs) before successful

                       teaching and learning is possible.
                   3.  An  ideal  teacher  knows  that  that  the  work  of  learning  extends  outside  of  the

                       classroom, that learners can deepen their understandings through peer sharing,

                       engaging  with  members  of  the  community  and  with  experts  in  the  field  both
                       physically and through technology.
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