Answer to Question #180667 in English for noxolo sokhela

Question

The norms and standard for educators suggest seven roles and the impact of the current global pandemic (covid19) these roles have shifted and often deferred if not neglected. What are the challenges today's teachers face in trying to fulfill this roles during the pandemic?identify five roles and discuss possible challenges and solution.

Answer 1

Answer:

The Prompter: Social distance and learning from home has affected educators' possibility to encourage students to participate and makes suggestions about how students may proceed in an activity. The teacher should be helping students only when necessary using the zoom.

The Resource: Educators are not able to have face to face interaction with the learners who like asking personal questions to the educator. The educator can create a communicating option to allow learners to ask questions freely.

The Organizer: Educators were able to organize the learners into groups and help them learn in areas they are interested with. Covid-19 has made impossible for groups to meet and organize such activities. However, the educator can use social platforms like WhatsApp to group the learners and allow them work on the given assignments.

The Participant: Educators have been involved in activities to improve the atmosphere in the class when the teacher takes part in an activity. However, this is not possible with the lock-down and e-learning. Educators can still participant on those activities financially if possible.

The Controller: Educator has been in complete charge of the class, what students do, what they say and how they say it. This is not possible with the learning from home. However, the teacher has ability to control learning sessions in zoom and other social meeting platforms.