International Journal of Research in Social Sciences
  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 9

Citizenship Education for Teaching Professionals

  • Author:
  • P. Felvia Shanthi
  • Total Page Count: 8
  • Page Number: 379 to 386

Ph. D, Professor and Head, School of Education, VISTAS, Chennai, 600 117, India

Online published on 5 August, 2019.

Abstract

The author would like to suggest few points to novice teachers that how to transform into a Teacher in this thematic article We all know that the world's second oldest profession is our Teaching Profession. The academic ethos and teaching profession have come a long way since the time when there were no universities but only learned men seeking reliable and fundamental knowledge. Teaching is not a Job; Teaching is not a Work; Teaching is not a Business but a Profession. Teaching got its legitimate status as a profession in the landmark work of A.M. Carr-Saunders and P.A. Instead of telling the advancement of technologies, usage of computers, hi-fi class room setup the author would like to share the views on Professional Development in the context of “Technology of Education”

Keywords

Professionals, Critical Pedagogy, Citizenship Education