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A teacher of a Latin school and two students, 1487. A teacher, also called a schoolteacher or formally an educator, is a person who helps students to acquire knowledge, competence, or virtue, via the practice of teaching. Informally the role of teacher may be taken on by anyone (e.g. when showing a colleague how to perform a specific task).
For Hokkien and Teochew communities in Singapore and Malaysia, "Sensei" is the proper word to address school teachers. [citation needed] Traditional physicians in the Malay Peninsular and Singapore are addressed among locals with the Hokkien variant sinseh. [7]
Common synonyms for substitute teacher include relief teacher or casual relief teacher (used in Australia and New Zealand, commonly appreciated as relief) and "emergency teacher" (used in some parts of the United States). [2] Other terms, such as "guest teacher", are also used by some schools or districts.
A spiritual teacher of Islam as it is taught in the West Africa and Maghreb, The word comes from the Berber concept of Saint. The "marabout" is known as "Sayyed" (سيد) to the Arabic speaking Maghribians. Marja: In Shi'a Islam, The name means source to follow. Mawlawi: A Persian word for teacher meaning Master. Mawlānā: Learned one of Qur ...
gangzak gyüpé lama — the individual teacher who is the holder of the lineage; gyalwa ka yi lama — the teacher which is the word of the buddhas; nangwa da yi lama — the symbolic teacher of all appearances; rigpa dön gyi lama — the absolute teacher, which is rigpa, the true nature of mind
In Hungary, the word pedagogue (pedagógus) is synonymous with the teacher (tanár); therefore, teachers of both primary and secondary schools may be referred to as pedagogues, a word that appears also in the name of their lobbyist organizations and labor unions (e.g. Labor Union of Pedagogues, Democratic Labor Union of Pedagogues [62 ...
In the video, the teacher, who is white, is heard telling the class that “African Americans call themselves (the n-word).” He then attempts to justify his poor behavior by saying he used the ...
A concept related to a teacher’s approach to interaction with students. Particularly in communicative classrooms, teachers tend to work in partnership with students to develop their language skills. A teacher who is a facilitator tends to be more student-centred and less dominant in the classroom than in other approaches.