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Transformation Pedagogy Model

Transformation pedagogy model goes beyond the academic purpose of transmitting knowledge from the teacher to the students, which is a mechanical process of transmitting and acquiring the information provided by the teachers also the transformation teaching might thus be seen as an antidote to an intense focus on informational teaching; in others words transformation pedagogy model is not only focuses in giving knowledge to the students but also it cares about student’s academically, socially and spiritually capabilities.

The transformation teaching responds to the students needs because it integrates teaching to the whole learner rather than attending separately to academic, social and spiritual goal. That is the case of informational teaching which focuses only in students academic abilities.

Another definitions of transformation pedagogy model is cite in the book “Transformation teaching in the information age” as an act of teaching designed to change the learner academically, socially and spiritually.

 Additionally the transformation teaching begins with the learner, and transformation learning involves deep understanding and occurs in the classroom where teachers have high expectations in their student’s capability. This means that the way teachers think and learners feel in school transcends the curriculum. Student’s feelings are a response to what the school or the teacher has done to satisfy or fulfill their needs as unique individuals.

To reach the goal of the transformation pedagogy model teacher have to contribute to encouraging students to desire lives of fulfillment is the most worthy teaching goal in addition  students succeed when they are able to know, are able to do and are able to be a better persons there is when the transformation teaching has accomplished its purpose.

Based on that learners need teacher to guide them in their learning but also encourage them to keep going in their learning in the same way how students feel in the classroom with their teacher may be more important than what they know and that is why is important to allows inspiring relationships between teachers and students besides that learners also need the authority of sensitive mentoring as they struggle with overcoming conceptual barriers within the discipline and within their own experiences.

How the transformation pedagogy model may impact service teacher’s lives

The transformation pedagogy model it may impact teachers life in many ways because it help teacher to teach students not only focusing in their academic development but also in their social and spiritual development but before teachers make changes in their students life they have to know themselves. They have to take into account their strengths and personal attributes. They have reflected on what matters most to them and also analyzed whether their teaching reflects their values.

Furthermore the transformation pedagogy model affects service teacher because teacher are though that they have to emphasized students academic capability ignoring the they are only teaching a part of the students because they are not taking into account the social and spiritual capabilities. The transformation pedagogy model help teacher to improve their teaching skill and change their goal as a teachers also they will realized that is better to teach to the whole learner than just a part of the learner.

Besides that not all teacher are focusing following the informational teaching because there are many teacher who are following the transformation teaching in order to make their students succeed in their life.

A good example of those teacher that follow the transformation pedagogy model is cite on the book “Transformation teaching in the information age”  reflecting on purpose tells the story of a middle-grade student who just knew he could not read. After a year of failure, he had stored up enough emotional road blocks to give up the effort. Then he met his 6^th grade teacher, Iretta. She pulled him aside, looked him in the eyes and promised him that this year would change his life. Together they would succeed little by little, working together until he could read independently. It was not so much what she did that made the difference; it was who she was in the relationship with the learner. Iretta’s belief in Nathaniel changed his life.

In that way how Iretta change Nathaniel life teacher can make that little difference in teaching their students and that difference can make big changes in student’s life. The simplest acts of teaching and the well-chosen words of the teachers constitute spiritual action.

Teachers have the power to change students life if they teach with hope includes believing, really believing, in the potential of each and every learner and communicating that belief to the learner but the most important is that teacher reach this goal in their professional life they have accomplished their professional goal which is helping student to be succeed in life because they are the futures professionals.

How the transformation pedagogy model may impact pre-service teacher’s lives

Indeed the transformation pedagogy model affects teacher life but not also the service teacher because it also affects the pre-service teachers.

Pre- service teachers have to know the main goal of the transformation pedagogy model that is to focus on the relationship among teacher and students. Many people can say that pre-service teacher don not have enough experiences to teach but they have a lot of more opportunities to learn how to become success teachers and how to create a positive relationship with the students likewise if they learn the transformational pedagogy model before they start teaching, they will not make the same amount of mistakes that others teachers made when they were starting to teach and this is an advantage that the pre-service teachers have.

Hence the most important thing in the transformation pedagogy model the service and pre-service have to take into account is teach to inspire because students need the inspiration of teachers to find and reach their purpose in life.

To conclude whole teacher who integrate social and spiritual goals with academic will have more success in creating lifelong learner.