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In this video linked to the Study of Education series module Being a Teacher issues of discipline and freedom are highlighted.

This video which forms part of the Saide Education series "Being a Teacher" module provides a reflection on the ‘alternative’ approaches to teaching, leading to an introduction to the teacher’s social responsibility role.

This video is part of the Saide Education Series "Being a Teacher" module. The video shows the teacher as knowledge-worker, with a biology lesson as a basis for exploring ‘lecture’ type approaches to teaching factual content in relation to the learner-cen

This video forms part of the "Being a Teacher" study pack of Saide`s education series. It reflects on student teachers’ and other teachers’ doubts and concerns about the status of teaching; and secondly gets the viewpoint of two celebrities on what good t

This section explores the role of the teacher in exercising and encouraging particular values.

Should teachers be imparting content knowledge or playing the role of a facilitator in a more learner-centred approach? This fundamental question – which may not have an either / or answer – links well the module ‘Learners and Learning’.

The issue of an orderly learning environment (involving rules, discipline and punishment) is explored in relation to broader issues of individual rights and freedom in a democracy.

Being a Teacher: Professional Challenges and Choices. Being a Teacher: Section Three, Teaching as a profession. The meaning and implications of teachers’ professional responsibilities are developed and extended through comparison with other professions.

Being a Teacher: Section Two - Being a teacher in South Africa. This section is not as strongly rooted in South Africa as its title suggests. It addresses the basic question of what it means to be a teacher in a broader social setting.

Being a Teacher: Professional Challenges and Choices. This section argues the case for studying what ‘being a teacher’ means in relation to national needs and those of individual learners, and explains how the writers intended the module to be tackled.