The role of teachers is critical in the human enterprise of education.
Teachers serve as bridges connecting students to the curriculum, and the student to the community.
It is the essential role of the teacher. The teacher charts and recharts the course of education as the nature of the learner changes, as the knowledge terrain evolves, as community involvement increases, and as learning expectations shift. Teaching is, by its very nature, an improvisational activity that requires complex cognitive processing of many competing factors. Teachers need to be continuous learners and researchers. The development of teaching as a profession and the field of educational research have not been closely aligned.