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CHAPTER1.
THECHANGINGROLEOFTHETEACHER
Therangeofviewsthatteachersholdabouttheirprofessionandfunctions
ascribedtoteachingindicateshowmultifacetedateacherroleis.Hence,the
needtoexaminetheissuearises.Thecentralideaofthischapteristoprovide
variousconceptualizationsofaroleingeneralanddescribethenatureofthe
teacher’sroles.Moreover,theemphasisisputonhowtherolesthatteachers
assumechangebecauseofdifferentandcomplexfactorssuchasmethodolo-
gyimplementedbytheteacher,culturalcontextofteaching,aninstitution
oneworksfor,ortheteacher'spersonalviews.
1.1.Thenatureofroles
EllisandMcClintock(1990:79)identifyaroleas“aparttakenbyapartici-
pantinanyactofcommunication”.Whenexaminedinaneducationalcon-
text,arolemayreferto“thepartthatlearnersandteachersareexpectedto
playincarryingoutlearningtasksaswellasthesocialandinterpersonalrela-
tionshipsbetweentheparticipants”(Nunan1989:79).AccordingtoWright
(1987:7)“aroleisacomplexgroupingoffactorswhichcombinetoproduce
certaintypesofsocialbehavior”.Thus,one’sbehaviorintheclassroomisan
expressionofhisorherroles.RichardsandLockhart(1994:97-98)pointout
severalcharacteristicsoftheteacher’sroles.Firstly,rolesmaydifferinre-
specttotheirduration.Someofthemarerelativelyfixedwhereasothersare
flexibleanddynamic.Secondly,peoplemayplayhierarchicalrolesorinter-
actonequalterms.Inaddition,rolesseemtobedefinedbydifferentkindsof
work,requiredifferentlevelsofresponsibility,andimplydifferentkindsof
relationshipsanddifferentpatternsofinteraction.Whentheteachers'roles
aretakenintoconsideration,theyarenumerousinthecourseofteachingand
interpretedindifferentways.RichardsandLockhard(1994:98)explainthat
whenteachersinterprettheirworkdifferentlyitisaresultofsuchfactorsas
theteachingmethodsoneemploys,one'sculturalbackground,aninstitution
oneworksfor,orone'sindividualviews.Thenextsectionlookscloseratthe
connectionbetweenmethodology,beingoneofthefactors,andtheroles
teachersperform.
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