Teacher in e-learning

Abstract

The aim of this paper was to examine and describe the role of the teacher in a specific and relatively new area of the English language teaching - e-Iearning. As the basis for the analysis, the role of the teacher in the instructional process in general was looked into in the introductory part. Teacher was first analysed generally, as they are described in literature on teaching psychology and sociology. Further on, the analysis narrowed down to educational theories and the roles they assigned to teachers. Moreover, the literature of the teacher of English as a Foreign Language was looked at and the roles that modern methodology assigns teachers were commented on. We have found out that although modern 75 methodology calls for learner-centred instruction, the teacher plays an irreplaceable role in the process and all methods and educational theories are at least partly delimited by the role of the teacher.

Cilem teto prace je analyzovat roli ucitele ve vyucovacim procesu, zejmena pak v relativne nove a dosud neprilis prozkoumane oblasti - v elearningu. V teto praci je ucitel posuzovan z nekolika hledisek. Nejprve se prace zameruje na osobnost ucitele obecne: na charakteristiky role ucitele, naroky kladene na jeho osobnost ve vyuce, jake plni role, tak jak jsou popsany v literature venovane psychologii a sociologii pro ucitele. Analyza se dale zameruje specificky na role ucitele v soudobych vzdelavacich teoriich, vsima si hlavne, do jake miry se ucitel v jednotlivych teoriich uplatnuje ci naopak neuplatnuje. Dale se pozornost obraci konkretne k uciteli anglictiny jako ciziho jazyka a jeho postaveni v metodach vyuky. Pri posuzovani metod vychazi hlavne z praci J.C. Richardse a T. Rodgerse, H.H. Sterna, V. Cooka. Po prozkoumani odborne literatury venovane rolim ucitele ciziho jazyka bylo zjisteno, ze ackoli moderni metodologie zduraznuje autonomii zaka, ucitel zaujima ve vyucovacim procesu zasadni postaveni a vsechny metody vyuky jsou roli ucitele alespon do jiste miry vymezeny.