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@Tabassumlaghari
In my classroom I create inclusive environment where my students feel safe and give them responsibilities without discrimination of their different background. I motivate my students by my positive behavior first. Then assign different roles to students of different background. By assigning roles they feel happiness become responsible and motivated.

@Tabassumlaghari
Besides the strategies told by you some other strstegies in my opinion for instilling the sense of responsibility and motivation among students from diverse background can be:

1. Foster positive and invlusive classroom environment. For this respect their culture diversity and use language that is respectful. Create classroom environment where students feel safe to express themselves.
2. Clearly communicate expectations for behavior, academic performance and responsibilities. Assign roles and responsibilities to students. Help students set personal and academic goals.
3. Incorporate regular self-reflection activities where students assess their own progress, behavior and contribution.
4. Provide meaningful and relevant learning experiences.
5. Differentiate instruction to meet diverse needs.
6. Build strong relationships
7. Regularly acknowlege and celebrate students achievements.
8. Empower students to make choice.
9. Teach resilience and growth mindset.
   By implementing these strategies you can help students from diverse backgrounds develop a strong sense of responsibility and motivation that will serve them well both in school and in their future endeavors.

@Ana_moderator
Now I'm getting notificstion.
Regards

@sabahatjamil
No doubt energizers are necessary for engaging students in the clasdroom. Students not only learn a lot from them but get more energy to learn more.

@Engr-Zeeshan
I think they can be developed and controlled through effort and practice.
https://www.teacheracademy.eu/blog/learning-styles/?utm_source=Europass+Teacher+Academy&utm_campaign=b085f460f0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_12_10_03_48&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_38bf1d9897-b085f460f0-381232156&mc_cid=b085f460f0&mc_eid=90e1021e41
Please read this article.

Sir, you have started a good topic for discusdion.
Absolutely happiness plays vital role in educstion. When a teacher enters the clsssroom he should be in happy mood. In this way the students will feel easy and they will learn more than in fear. Fear makes students dull. First of all a should remove fear from studdnts mind then he should start teaching. Jn this way students will learn more easily. Then school administration should also make principles for establishment of happiness in school so as all students of school remain in hsppy mood.

I have used Role Playing, Pair Work, Group Discussion and Presentation to improve speaking skill of students as they don't have access to teachnology. I have advised those students to use AI tools to improve speaking skill who have access to technology at home.

Hello @Iqra-khan
You've raised two auestions :
Q1: Is professional development important for teachers?
Yes professional development is important for teachers. Here are some reasons why :

1. Improving teaching skills.
2. Adapting to educational changes.

Enhancing student outcomes.
4. Encouraging life-long learning.
5. Building confidence and job satisfaction.
6. Promoting collaboration.
7. Meeting certification and liscencing requirements.
8. Addressing specific challanges such as managing classroom bdhavior, supporting students with special needs or integrating technology into classrooms.
Q2: What are the ways for teachers to upgrade their teaching skills?
Following are the ways for teachers to upgrade their teaching skills:

1. Attending workshops and seminars.
2. Pursuing ad anced ddgrees or certifications.
3. Participating in professional learning communities (PLCs)
4. Engaging in peer observstions and coaching.
5. Utilising online courses and webinars.
6. Attending educationl conferences.
7. Reading educational literture.
8. Incorporating technology in Teaching.
9. Regularly reflecting on one's teaching practices.
10. Collaborating with other educators.
11. Engaging in student feedback.
12. Participating in study groups or Book Clubs.
13. Involvement in educational research.

@shamsa-kanwal
Before talking on advantages and disadvantages of co-teaching and collaborative teaching let's understand the difference between the two. In co-teaching two or more teachers work in same classroom whereas in collaborative teaching two or more teachers physical presence in the same classroom is not necessary.
Co-teaching involves various models of teaching shch as:

1. One teach one assist: one teacher leads the instruction while other circulate around the room providing individual assistance to the students.
2. Team teaching: Both teachers share responsibilities planning, teaching and assessing. They tske turns delivering instruction and may teach together simultaneously.
3. Parallel teaching: The class is split into two groups and each teacher delivers the same content to their group.
4. Station teaching: Teachers divide the content and students and each teacher is responsible for teaching a specific segment of the lesson at different stations.
5. Alternative teaching: One teacher takes a small gtoup of students for specialized instruction while other teaches the remaining students.
   Collaborative teaching is a broader term. It can occur inside and outside the classroom. This approach focuses on joint planning, shared decision making, and shared responsibility of student outcomes. This approach involves co-operstion among teachers. Collaborative teaching can take different forms such as:
6. Planning and curriculum design: Teachers collaborate to design the curriculum and plan lessons that catter the diverse student needs.
7. Professional Learning Communities: Teachers work together to analyze student data, share teaching strategies and develop common assessments.
8. Cross Curricular Collaboration: Teachers from different subject areas collaborate to integrate content and create interdisciplinary experiences
   In summary we can say that co-teaching is specific and collaborative teaching is genersal.

Before we discuss on "Multiple Intelligences" let's se What is Intelligence?
Howard Gardner in his book Frames of Mind, in 1983 has defined "Intelligence" as :
"An intelligence is the ability to solve problems, or to create products, that are valued within one or more cultural settings"
Dr. Howard Gardner was a professor of cognition and education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. In 1983 he developed a learning theory. It is based on the belief that each individual has unique intelligence through which he or she is able to learn or teach new information. Initially, Gardner proposed seven intelligences in his book "Frames of Mind (1983). Subsquently, he added the naturalist and existential intelligences. Although each human has all nine, no two individuals have the same amount of each. Gardner suggested that intelligence involves problem solving, and producing products in a context-rich and natural setting.
These nine intelligences are:

1. Verbal-linguistic intelligence: The capacity to use language to express what's on your mind and to understand other people.
2. Logical-Mathematical intelligence: The ability to understand the underlying principles of some kind of casual system. Ability to think conceptually and abstractly, and cspacity to discern logical and numerical patterns.
3. Spatial-visual intelligence: Capacity to think in images and pictures, to visualize accurately and abstractly. The ability to present the spatial world internally in your mind.
4. Musical/Rhythmic intelljgence: The capacity to think in music, to be able to hear patterns, recognize them and perhaps manipulate them.
5. Bodily-Kinesthetic intelligence: Capacity to use your whole for parts of body, to solve problems, make something, or put on a production. Ability to control one's body movements and to handle objects skillfully.
6. Interpersonal intelligence: Having an understanding of yourself, of knowing who you are, what you can do, etc.
7. Intrapersonal intelligence: The ability to understand other people.
8. Naturalist intelligence: Ability to recognize and categorize plants, animals and other objects in nature. The ability to discriminate among living things as well as sensitivity to other features of the natural world.
9. Existential intelljgence: Sensitivity and capacity to tackle deep questions about human existance such as What is the meaning of life? Why do we die? How did we get here? To exhibit the proclivity to pose and ponder questions about life., death and ultimate realities.
   The above mentioned nine intelligences are called Multiple Intelligences.

@Adel-8d693e36c4
Teachers don't stop teaching but can take a break in teaching when they see their students are bored and are not learning or not taking interest in learning or not paying attention to teacher. Then they start energizer to freshen minds of studdnts. After the energizer the students get ready for learning and teacher starts teaching again.

@Hasmik-Ch
Good work. I appreciate your work.

@Tabassumlaghari
You've mentioned very important principles of professional conduct in education. I think these are the qualities of a best teacher too.

@Tabassumlaghari
Absolutely. You are right. I agree with you ma'am.

@Ana_moderator
At school my work place is the classroom where I teach my students daily.
And out of school my workplace is my educational youtube channel where I spend my time in preparing my lessons or videos for uploading on my educational youtube channel whose link is youtube.com/gelccmatiari

@Sana @Noor-ul-Sabah
Good reply to Adel

@Adel-8d693e36c4
Will AI eliminate humanpower and creativity?
The answer of your question in my opinion is:
The impact of AI on humanpower and creativity is complex and multifaceted. Here's a breakdown:

Humanpower

• Job Displacement: AI can automate repetitive and routine tasks, potentially displacing some jobs, especially in industries like manufacturing, logistics, and customer service.
• Job Transformation: AI also creates new opportunities. While some jobs may disappear, new roles will emerge, especially in AI development, maintenance, data analysis, and related fields.
• Human-AI Collaboration: Many jobs will likely evolve to incorporate AI tools, enhancing productivity rather than replacing human workers. For example, AI can handle data processing, leaving humans to focus on decision-making and strategy.

Creativity

• Augmenting Creativity: AI can assist in creative processes, providing tools for generating ideas, composing music, designing art, and more. It can help creatives by speeding up certain processes or offering new perspectives.
• Creative Autonomy: While AI can generate creative content, it lacks the deep emotional understanding, context, and originality that human creativity offers. AI-generated works are often based on existing patterns and data rather than original thought.
• New Forms of Creativity: AI might also lead to new forms of creative expression, where humans and AI collaborate in innovative ways, blending technology and art in ways that weren’t possible before.

In summary, AI is unlikely to eliminate manpower and creativity but will transform how we work and create. The key lies in adapting to these changes, ensuring that AI complements human abilities rather than replacing them.

@Samreen-Tahir
Well explained, ma'am.

@FarhanMehboob @Tabassumlaghari @Mariam @Aqsa-Khatri @Adel-8d693e36c4
Have you not read the poem "Children" by Henry Longfellow ? Who says children are source of joy who dispell all worries of others.
Here is the full text of the poem "Children" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:

Come to me, O ye children!
    For I hear you at your play,
And the questions that perplexed me
    Have vanished quite away.

Ye open the eastern windows,
    That look towards the sun,
Where thoughts are singing swallows
    And the brooks of morning run.

In your hearts are the birds and the sunshine,
    In your thoughts the brooklet’s flow,
But in mine is the wind of Autumn
    And the first fall of the snow.

Ah! what would the world be to us
    If the children were no more?
We should dread the desert behind us
    Worse than the dark before.

What the leaves are to the forest,
    With light and air for food,
Ere their sweet and tender juices
    Have been hardened into wood,—

That to the world are children;
    Through them it feels the glow
Of a brighter and sunnier climate
    Than reaches the trunks below.

Come to me, O ye children!
    And whisper in my ear
What the birds and the winds are singing
    In your sunny atmosphere.

For what are all our contrivings,
    And the wisdom of our books,
When compared with your caresses,
    And the gladness of your looks?

Ye are better than all the ballads
    That ever were sung or said;
For ye are living poems,
    And all the rest are dead.

So when you are gloomy go to children. They will make you happy.

@Uzma-qamar
One more way to transform passive learner into active learner I think is first find out who are active learners and who are passive learners then make mixed groups of active and passive learners. Then give them task and leave them free to work in groups. The active learner students will transform passive learners into active learner slowly and gradually. A teacher should only watch and guide fhem. He should also see that passive learners are participating in group activities. When he sees some passive learners ars not taking part in activities he should encourage them for participating in the activity. The other way is pair work. While making pairs one student should be active and other should be passive. Then give them simple tasks so as passive learner can take part. Start from dimple tasks to difficult tasks like easy dialogues to difficult dialogues.