The Essential Characteristics of Effective Teaching
THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF EFFECTIVE TEACHING
What distinguishes a good teacher from a great teacher? Traditionally, a teacher was defined as an educator who instructed students in a classroom. Nowadays we no longer look at a teacher as a respected figure who educates a room full of children but as a motivator, a knowledgeable and approachable member of the community who is there to make a student reach his/her maximum potential. Effective teaching basically comes down to the characteristics a teacher upholds. Throughout this assignment, these characteristics will be questioned and analysed alongside the roles a teacher plays in a classroom and also alongside the video of Melcombe Primary School of year five maths, in which mathematics is taught using “grid method”.
The amount of time children spend in school is substantial; as a result, teachers become familiar and play a very important role in a child’s life. Although a desire to teach is not fundamental it undeniably helps. Having a desire for teaching will encourage characteristics such as enthusiasm and compassion, which will have positive effects on a child’s learning abilities and behaviour. Although it is legally a teacher’s responsibility to ensure a child’s safety at all times, these characteristics are necessary in primary school teaching as it will build a positive learning environment and a child will feel secure and in a safe environment. Watching a child grow intellectually and personally is gratifying.
Even though a teacher’s main role is seen to be as an information provider, a teacher must hold certain characteristics to help his/her students achieve their best. If a teacher was simply told to follow a curriculum, or is basically told what to teach, how to teach, and when to teach it, students will not fully comprehend what is being taught. Regurgitating information will not show a complete understanding. It is a teacher’s duty to teach in a way that will prove that
What distinguishes a good teacher from a great teacher? Traditionally, a teacher was defined as an educator who instructed students in a classroom. Nowadays we no longer look at a teacher as a respected figure who educates a room full of children but as a motivator, a knowledgeable and approachable member of the community who is there to make a student reach his/her maximum potential. Effective teaching basically comes down to the characteristics a teacher upholds. Throughout this assignment, these characteristics will be questioned and analysed alongside the roles a teacher plays in a classroom and also alongside the video of Melcombe Primary School of year five maths, in which mathematics is taught using “grid method”.
The amount of time children spend in school is substantial; as a result, teachers become familiar and play a very important role in a child’s life. Although a desire to teach is not fundamental it undeniably helps. Having a desire for teaching will encourage characteristics such as enthusiasm and compassion, which will have positive effects on a child’s learning abilities and behaviour. Although it is legally a teacher’s responsibility to ensure a child’s safety at all times, these characteristics are necessary in primary school teaching as it will build a positive learning environment and a child will feel secure and in a safe environment. Watching a child grow intellectually and personally is gratifying.
Even though a teacher’s main role is seen to be as an information provider, a teacher must hold certain characteristics to help his/her students achieve their best. If a teacher was simply told to follow a curriculum, or is basically told what to teach, how to teach, and when to teach it, students will not fully comprehend what is being taught. Regurgitating information will not show a complete understanding. It is a teacher’s duty to teach in a way that will prove that