TEACHERS AS CLASSROOM MANAGERS: COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

Mohammed Mahmoud Baba

Department of Educational Foundations,

Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi, Nigeria

E-mail: mmahmoudbaba@gmail.com

Abstract: This paper aimed at portraying the roles of teachers in classroom environment, vis-à-vis the practical relevance of counselling in facilitating his/her work of teaching and management of both human and material resources provided for the purpose of promoting and ensuring the effectiveness and efficiency of teaching and learning. The paper addressed some fundamental questions such as who is a teacher? What is teaching?, interplay between teaching and teacher, what management is; teaching and management, classroom management and discipline, modes of classroom interaction and the need for effective counselling  for teachers and the taught (learners). The teacher, the learners and classroom environments are fraught with many and varied problems, today hence the need for counselling approaches and skills. In the light of these practicable recommendations are preferred to address teacher-manager and teacher-counsellor issues, which include cooperation, capacity building and re-orientation among others.

Keywords: – Teacher, Teaching, Classroom, Synergy, Managers, Counselling, Psychological.