Decision Making: An Ongoing Process in Teaching

How:

We often hear an old saying “I am because I am thinking”. An intelligent decision requires a lot of deep, critical and analytical thinking to expect deliberate optimistic outcomes. Therefore, it is necessary for an individual to challenge, analyze its own idea, see the alternatives, and choose the best one.

Dean Chesham said, “Let me give so much time to improvement of myself that I shall have not time to criticize other” Best Brains are those who always in the process of rethinking to construct a new beginning. I believe teachers have also the same path to produce some thing new but in the process of the production of something new, they face some hurdle and barrier and those hindrances often affect their performance therefore” to make a difference” one has to sacrifices and brings out changes in the lives of learners.

Impediments that affects effective decision

Some impediments are going to share which affects effective decision:

1. Teachers have lack of freedom to take action on the behalf of the class or all students.
2. Some influential parents do not allow teachers to depict any conclusion from their children.
3. Previous teacher’s decision has long-lasting repercussions and effects.  Hence often new class teacher feel uncomfortable in the beginning to adjust with students.
4. Some experienced teachers have high expectations about  the newly enrolled students which also create unhealthy atmosphere for children to fulfill their demands
5. Time factor is also one  of  the major obstacle, because teacher ‘s job is not only deliver the lesson, but s/he would have to  see the other managerial and administration matters  to run the class  smoothly along with academic activity
6. Some times school policies don’t harmonize with teacher’s perceptions level to draw some conclusion.
7. Our School system has long hierarchy in the roles and responsibilities at different level therefore it become difficult that who will take decision and in what capacity or position for instance; Class teacher, Subject teachers, Head teacher etc.
8. If class room wouldn’t seem as conducive learning environment, then it will difficult for teacher to work with students mutual understanding and synergy
9. Some time our decisions don’t correlate with student’s previous learning and existing knowledge. Therefore, in the end, we find unpredicted result. 
10. It should also consider that every child is unique and important in our class so we need to careful while making decision/s and its outcomes would help each child.
11. Often classroom seating raise issues for teacher that whether s/he have to instruct to the whole class or a particular group or else an individual.
12. If we have ever noticed that while watching T.V how much we can remember the number of the advertisements, in the same manner teacher encounters with several behaviors. Therefore, it is difficult to make any decision in the light of different experience because not all experiences are recording as a diverse way of learning.

Suggestions

Whatever have been shared in the light of general observation, it is difficult to find out the solution for all of the impediments because it varies from situation to situation. Smart teachers carefully handle the problem keeping in mind the diversity and sensitivity as well.