Contributions of Teachers to Society

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Teachers hold a very sensitive role in the modern civilized society. Regarded as social engineers, teachers possess immense knowledge on various issues that affect our daily lives as a community of human beings. Though in many countries including the developed ones, teachers are poorly remunerated they make invaluable contributions to their communities, to society and to the world at large, engaging in yeoman services with selfless love and dedication that could only be considered priceless. This paper serves to explore some of the social contributions that teachers make to the modern civilized society.

Teachers impart knowledge and values on learners with the intention of creating self sufficient, articulate, socially responsible, resilient and active citizens of the world. Currently, knowledge capital is an important ingredient in the growth of the economy locally and globally. Through provision of intellectual capital, teachers can be considered to be the pillars of a sustainable and progressive society (Singh and Samiti). A sustainable knowledge base helps in modeling of economic platforms which are enormously important in a progressive society (Szucs 3). In addition, values which are passed on by teachers to students help in shaping children’s behaviors .The development of positive and desirable personality traits among individuals in the society can thus be attributed to the many good work of teachers.

Another important social contribution made by teachers to society is the aspect of leadership and guidance (Singh and Samiti). Teachers are perhaps, the best examples of guiders and leaders in a community. As such, teachers demonstrate to the society how a dynamic leader should behave and act (Collay 32). Apart from being...

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...t makes teaching, the noblest profession in the modern world today.

Works Cited

Collay, Mitchelle. Everyday teacher leadership: Taking action where you are. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2011. Print.

Hargreaves, Andy. Teaching in the knowledge society: education in the age of insecurity. New York: Teachers College Press, 2003. Print.

Singh, Niranjan and Samiti, Navodaya Vidyalaya. “Role of teacher in a school.” navodaya.nic.in, n.d. Web. November 1 2011 from: http://navodaya.nic.in/Role%20of%20Teacher.htm

Szucs, Eva Ujlakyne. “The role of teachers in the 21st century.” sens-public.org, 2005. Web. November 1 2011 from: http://www.sens- public.org/IMG/pdf/SensPublic_DossierEurope_EUjlakyne.pdf

Villegas, Ana Maria and Lucas, Tamara. Educating culturally responsive teachers: A coherent approach. Albany: State of University of New York Press, 2002.

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