What makes a teacher great?
For my purpose in this post I am describing a teacher as anyone imparting learning to others as well as formally trained teacher. Teaching is a skill we can all use. It is about imparting knowledge we hold to another person. We all know things that others can learn but what is the difference between someone who does this well compared to someone who just tells you the information.
- Show passion or the topic
- Listening skills
- More detail
- Give reasons
- Approachable
- Individualize the information
- Explain in simple language—even technical detail.
- Smile
- Make people feel like they want to be teaching them the information
- Set boundaries on unacceptable behaviours
- Repeat the information 3 times
- Check understanding of the student before moving on to new information
- Have fun while learning
- Teach why the learning is necessary and how it will benefit the student
- Be transparent to all students
- Be consistent
- Be equal
- Believe the student can learn
- Be creative
- Be honest
- Patience
- Use different learning styles to keep it interesting and to suit the individual needs of the student
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A good teacher also needs patience.
Yes, thanks I will add it to my list.
I think great teachers also need a variety of different ways of teaching. There are many ways to do this such as an essay, group work, a presentation, a gallery walk, a web quest, etc. This keeps students interested in the activity because they will never know what they will be doing that day. That also allows kids who don’t like to do essay’s or group work to not be stuck with something they don’t like because there is a variety of teaching styles. It also keeps students engaged so they can get the learning out of a lesson. The whole point in teaching is to teach students valuable things so they can have a great job and have a good life.
I agree variety of teaching styles is important. I had though about this when I was writing the post however forgot to add it. Everyone learns differently—some learn by seeing, some hearing and some experiencing. thanks for the reminder.
You’re welcome