Values and teaching

Values and Teaching

Introduction

One of the most attention-grabbing faculties is the study of teaching and its values as one object . What is teaching and what are the values that are associated with it ? Teaching has been there since time immemorial . Teaching was not dedicated to teachers only but to the entire society . Grown up members of the society had a bigger role of teaching the young in their respective communities . Today the trend has evolved whereby teachers have a bigger share in teaching and directing young people . Teachers are agents

of change . Teachers make decisions and judgments about what their students will be and become . It is possible that through teaching people can gain access to other impenetrable cultures . Through teaching , people share common goals and values

Teaching makes people rich , materially and spiritually . These are much greater values than any other . Through teaching , people have known and discovered their value (s . The reflection of their values is through their practices . The practices , teachings , values and virtues have lured people to Christianity and the beliefs associated with it . The universality of English has been felt all over the world . This is attributed to the fact that teaching has been founded on relationship that has influenced social , intellectual , and even moral development of the others

Teaching English as a Missionary Language

What is the purpose of teaching ? The sole purpose of teaching is to impart moral values to people . To teaching , are so many associated values ? There are cultural , social and even economical values . Teachers are role models and what is taught by them is demonstrated and measured by the outcome . Although English is used as medium of communication , it is also a demo of teaching and as a teaching itself . This essay is not only discussing English but the association of English and the missionaries and their teachings . One cannot pass teachings and values to other people without a medium of communication and it so happened that English was the first language to take the centre stage . The teaching that was in English as a language was so intertwined with its values and the other teachings or values that came with or through it

Teaching is imparting knowledge to people and teaching is also associated with passing on virtues . Teaching requires a language that will be understood by all parties or those people who are taught Language is a medium of communication in teaching and as a requirement between the teacher and the students . Language is very vital and necessary that is why if students move or venture into countries to study they must be conversant with the native language before commencing classes . For instance , if a student from Britain or Germany aspires to study in Japan he /she must know spoken or written Japanese . Successful teaching relies on virtues and values that accompany it . A teaching spreads like wild fire when values associated with it are practical and workable . A good example is English as a language that...