Role of The Teacher in Guidance

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Role of the teacher in Guidance:

Teachers have an important role in the education of their students because, as models of
citizenship and work, they not only promote academic learning, they are also a source
of social learning. Each one of us, as adults, in analysing our individual path finds many
of the foundations of who we are in ‘our’ teachers. These foundations supported future
projects as well as the knowledge, and above all, the knowing of who we are, that
shapes us today. Thus, it is important that teachers seek to engage in supporting the
career development of their students through the infusion of career development
activities in curricula. These activities can begin in the first years of schooling and
extend through the following ones, adapting the contents to the needs of the student. In
this way, it is possible to transmit values, develop attitudes and behaviours that can
gradually be internalised and used in the management of the multiple transitions of
career development. The accomplishment of these objectives, in a work articulated
between teachers, parents and psychologists, will enhance the adaptability necessary to
define a life project and the management of the multiple transitions along the
educational and professional path. The role of the teacher in guidance programme may
be summarized in the following points-

1. PLANNING

Teachers can foster planning when they help students relate what they learn and the
goals they have for their lives, in order to promote a forward-looking perspective with
confidence; help students identify learning objectives and plan what to study and how
to study; value the role of school and work for the realisation of life projects.

2. AUTONOMY

The autonomy of the students can be promoted by teachers when they promote
initiative in general, they help to identify barriers and support to the accomplishment of
objectives; when they help students reflect on decisions they take (or not) in different
domains of their life; when they help to describe attitudes and beliefs that positively
and negatively influence decisions; when they encourage persistence when faced with
difficulties, they listen to their students with genuine interest.

3. CURIOSITY

In preparing students for the work and social world, it is particularly important for
teachers to foster in their students the reflective capacity for themselves and for the
school and professional reality. Students' reflection on themselves can be made through
dialogue focused on the personal impact of academic experiences, confronting new
content, themes and academic experiences (e.g. study visits, curriculum extension
activities, etc.) to foster new interests and skills. Reflection on school and professional
opportunities can be done by helping students relate academic content to professional
activities, contacting the labuor market through study visits or curriculum extension
activities, mitigating stereotypes by showing that occupations and skills equal
development regardless of gender, ethnicity or socioeconomic status, to provide
opportunities in the scope of vocational and educational training, without value
judgment or prejudices.

4. TRUST

Teachers can foster the confidence of their students when they promote academic
success, the exploration of skills and competences, the realisation of abilities and
aspirations, positive attitudes towards themselves and their school performance,
alternatives and unconventional solutions to solve problems.

5. COOPERATION

In the teaching of their classes, teachers can facilitate cooperation when they use
pedagogical strategies that imply cooperation to achieve group goals, introduce
academic content that promotes knowledge about the specificities of minority groups
with respect to beliefs, values and styles of life, stimulate sensitivity to alternative
points of view, facilitate cooperative work with students of different cultures and social
strata, alert to the need for tolerance towards minority groups (e.g. gender, ethnicity,
religion, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation) through respect for beliefs and values
of these populations.

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