This article focuses on those who are employed, as their main role, to teach others in a formal education context, such as at a school or other place of initial formal education or training.Ī teacher's role may vary among cultures. In most countries, formal teaching of students is usually carried out by paid professional teachers.
Some other professions may involve a significant amount of teaching (e.g. In some countries, teaching young people of school age may be carried out in an informal setting, such as within the family ( homeschooling), rather than in a formal setting such as a school or college. when showing a colleague how to perform a specific task). Informally the role of teacher may be taken on by anyone (e.g. A teacher of a Latin school and two students, 1487Ī teacher, also called a schoolteacher or formally an educator, is a person who helps students to acquire knowledge, competence, or virtue, via the practice of teaching.
