To prepare students for 21st century, schools are more activily using technology as an integral part of the instructional day as they prepare students to become the citizens of homoiron. As we advance in this globally connected age, we have shifted expectations to include more than the traditional reading, writing and arthematic fundamentals. We have begun to demand aspects of learning and innovation skills such as creativity, critical thinking, problem solving, communication and collaboration or team work for our students.

To play the teacher’s role effectively, the teacher faces a greater challenge today than at any time in history. As an interpretor, the teacher has to place new knowledge and new experience within the context of what is already known and understood by the students. In order to be a good mediator, s/he has to understand a great deal about the way in which people at various ages and stages of development perceived the world around them. As a guide, s/he has to teach the students ‘how to learn’ rather then stuff his mind with factual infos.

Teachers are being challenged to utilize new approaches and methods in an effort to improve learning outcomes. They have to seek new programmes and instructional strategies such as enquiring approaches, simulation games, computer-assisted instructions and programmed learning materials. The educators at all levels should endeavor to emphasize the need for discipline, character building and inculcate among the young minds the feeling of national integration. The success of students depends essentially upon the competence of the teachers, their sense of dedication and their identification with the interests of students committed to their care.

Shifting Roles of Teachers :