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Qualities of a Good Teacher

Discuss the following in small groups:

What do you think makes a good teacher? There are a lot of things you need

to do to be a good teacher for example you have to let a student to share her opinion
also teacher can make some activities in the class.
What are the characteristics of a good teacher? Teachers have to be modest and
polite also they havent to differentiate between students.
Is it the results that his or her students receive on tests? In general reading
is educate and learn new information.
Is it a strict, disciplinarian approach? No, because there are a lot of people
enjoy reading and also the student.
Is it a warm, friendly attitude with his or her students? Yes it is because in general
reading writing and it gave the students new vocabulary.
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.

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.
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

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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.

Humility
This I feel, is an important quality of a good teacher and
unfortunately, a quality that one gets to see very rarely. A teacher with a
I-know-it-all attitude can give all his/her knowledge to the
students, but rarely will he or she earn the respect or the affection of the
students. On the contrary, a teacher who, when in isnt sure abut something,
doesn't hesitate to admit this and say I dont know the answer to this,and is
open to 'reverse learning', i.e. learning a thing or two from the students , will go
down well with the students.
Listening Skills
A good teacher is always a great listener. He or she not only talks, but also
keenly listens to all that his or her students have to say. If a certain topic or
point is found to be debatable, a good teacher does not hesitate to throw open
the topic to the whole class and invite individual opinions on the matter. A
teacher plays an important role in child development.
Here are a few more traits that make an influencing teacher.
Write the word or words that you thing best matches the description.
Motivates the students
A good teacher always motivates a student, no matter how difficult the
situation is, or how weak the student may be. By letting the students know why
what they are learning is important, helps the student be motivated to learn the
subject, even when it is quite difficult.
Dont be strong
A good teacher is one who freely jokes around in the class, but is dead
serious when the need arises. This teacher knows his or her students well and
can use humor effectively in the classroom.
Make activates
A good teacher is one who, in a short span of time, can turn the dullest
and the most disliked subject into your all-time favorite subject. This teacher

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has the skills to make a boring class interesting. He or she changes the types
of lessons often so that the students get the information in a variety of ways.

Be a mother
A good teacher is one who is a leader, but also a friend. He or she notices when
you are unhappy, and tries to comfort you. When you have a problem, he or
she tries to give you advice or help you in some way.

Think of 2 other qualities of a good teacher, to help you do this, think of some
of the best teachers you have had. Write down some words and descriptions
of what the teacher did that helped you learn.

Word


Gave example

Gave chances

Description



A good teacher how gave an example for the student to get the idea.






A good teacher how gave chances for all students and listen to all opinion to
learn from each other.

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.

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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. Be a mother
2. Love for Teaching
3.Listening Skills
4. Humility
5. Communication
6. Make activates
7. Motivates the students
8. Dont be strong
9. Gave chances
10. Connection
11. Gave chances

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.

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