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What do you think makes a good teacher? More Experiences loving her
job .
What are the characteristics of a good teacher?
Is it the results that his or her students receive on tests?
Is it a strict, disciplinarian approach?
Is it a warm, friendly attitude with his or her students?
1. Connection
A good teacher is one who can connect with his or her students. A teacher who
just enters a classroom, stands there for an hour, reads aloud or dictates from
a textbook, and leaves the classroom hurriedly when the school bell rings, is not
really a very good teacher. A teacher should be able to connect with his or her
students. He or she should be able to feel the pulse of the classroom and adjust
or modify his or her teaching style accordingly. Keeping a high level interest
among the students regarding the subject being taught is very important.
2. Communication
Communication is vital for anyone with a teaching job to
succeed at his or her place of work. A teacher should be both, effective as well
as efficient when it comes to communicating with his or her students. Lack of
communication skills will only end up with students either not understanding the
subject matter at all, or understanding it incorrectly (which is equally bad, if
not worse). Remember, all good communicators may not be good teachers, but
all good teachers are always good communicators.
3. Love for Teaching
This is by far, the biggest factor that differentiates between 10 average
teachers and 1 great teacher. All great teachers are people who teach simply
because they love doing so. It isn't about the money, or the prestige, or about
earning the respect of their students, or anything else. It is all about the
love for teaching. A student can always tell if the teacher is passionate about
what he/she is teaching. It has always been that way, and it always will.
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Conclusion:
A job as a teacher is not easy by stretch of the imagination. Becoming a
teacher does require the fulfillment of certain academic qualifications, but
becoming a good teacher requires something much more than that.
After Reading:
Write the teacher qualities from the reading (and the ones you added)
in the order of importance.
(1 being most important quality for a teacher to have. 2 being the next most
important, etc.)
1.
Humility
2.
Love for Teaching
3.
Listening Skills
4.
Connection
5.
Understanding
6.
Communication
7.
Helpful
8.
friendly
9.
has a seines of hummer
10.
using new techniques - Active on teaching
11.
Motivation
Collage:go through the newspapers and magazines and cut out words,
pictures and letters that you think best match these qualities. Glue them on
the paper provided. Your group will present the collage to the rest of the
class. You will explain how each picture, word, symbol, etc. represents the
qualities of a good teacher.