Exploring Teacher Traits in Classroom Practices

Abstract

Teachers play a key role to proliferate the educational system as they are at the implementation level of educational acts, rules and regulations. Their traits are at a flux because of temporal and contextual variations encountered in different settings. This context led this study to explore teacher traits in real classroom practices. To achieve this goal, phenomenological research design, as a type of qualitative inquiry, has been adopted. The population of the study comprised the stakeholders of Bachelor of Mountain Tourism Management (BMTM) programme conducted in Janapriya Multiple Campus, Pokhara. The tool for collecting information was non-participant class observation, in which three classes were observed. The results of the study reveal that teacher traits can be measured by triad roles like professional, administrative, and social dimensions. The study implies that teachers should be aware of these triad roles; and the current pedagogical trends and practices.

Prevalence and awareness of text neck syndrome and text thumb syndrome in young adult population

“…or turtle neck posture is described as strain injuries and pain caused by prolonged texting and continuous usage of handheld devices [1]. Text neck results in adverse symptoms such as upper back pain, chronic headaches, shoulder pain, neck pain, and increased curvature of the spine [1]. Users tend to keep their heads forward longer when using a mobile phone for an extended period [3][4][5][6].…”

“…Failure to handle or correct text necks promptly can cause severe permanent damage and lead to overuse syndrome or repetitive stress injury. If text neck is left untreated for a long duration, it can lead to inflammation of the neck's ligaments, muscles, and nerves, resulting in permanent arthritic changes [1,3,7,8]. It can also result in flattening of spinal curvature, disc compression, arthritis, disc herniation, spinal misalignment, spinal degeneration, etc [1,9].…”

“…If text neck is left untreated for a long duration, it can lead to inflammation of the neck's ligaments, muscles, and nerves, resulting in permanent arthritic changes [1,3,7,8]. It can also result in flattening of spinal curvature, disc compression, arthritis, disc herniation, spinal misalignment, spinal degeneration, etc [1,9]. Dependence on mobile phones is increasing rapidly, and prolonged use has led to various musculoskeletal issues [5,6,10].…”