Now that I'm on the road to being a teacher, I'm trying to figure out what traits good teachers have so I have something to work towards
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Maybe it's the over-achiever in me, but I've always liked teachers that expect a lot from their students. And I'm not just talking about doing a pile of homework each night, but expected manners, respect, effort, and common decency from their students. If a bar is set high (not that I think any of those qualities SHOULD be a high bar to reach), kids will reach it.
My favorite teacher (and now a dear friend of mine) tells me that when he taught, he was a complete hard ass for the first six months of class (with grade 5&6's), and then would loosen up once the kids understood he wouldn't put up with any crap from them. I still remember my first day in class-- he sat us all down and gave us a huge lecture on what "respect" was, and how we were to give it to him, each other, and ourselves to be successful in his classroom. It wasn't a grades thing, it was an attitude thing. It's stuck with me to this day, and that was 14 years ago.
Wow. This is longer than I had intended. Hope that helps!
Making a bow and arrow in class! That would have been really neat. I think that kid often learn better when they have to work through an actual, practical problem. Interactive is always good.
That would be a problem in the public system. It's sort of too bad how restricted some topics are in schools these days. Teacher's have to be really careful what they say and do, and sometimes this comes at the expense of a good lesson!
my favorite teacher showed interest in me outside of class, smiled and said hi to me in the hallway. In class she caught our attention from the beginning, starting off with MacBeth she performed the soliliquay (sp?) of the three witches and became all three witches. The rest of the year, whenever reading from Macbeth or one of the novels we were taking, poem, or textbook she always changed her voice, her mannerisms which made everything more interesting. She demanded the best out of us and was tough, but fair. Willing to explain things, there was also a once a week discussing things outside of English 30 course work for a half hour. All kinds of subjects, suicide, dating, alcohol/drug use, whatever, as a way of seeing what was up with us.
When I'm at work, teaching, I often think about how much I've been influenced by my teachers as a child. I try to discover little facts about each child - however random - that I will sometimes bring up in conversation, it shows I have an active interest in their lives
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I teach secondary (aged 11-18) but some of my lower ability younger classes are approached with primary tactics - I've learned that however old a class, sometimes they love playing a good game :D And, for that matter, so do I.
Hmmm. Good attributes of teachers. Everyone so far has made really good comments. I always got most from teachers who were willing to go the extra mile, who really cared about what I learned from them (both in terms of the subject material, and about life). Math was always one of the most difficult subjects for me. However, my grade 12 teacher was able to make it a lot easier, and I got a great deal more out of it. Mainly, she was there to help the students out when they needed help. She arranged out-of-class time when students could come in to work through problems together in a group setting, and with her. This was extremely helpful. She didn't try to pass math off as being an easy subject, but she helped you work through the problems, and tried to instill the skills which you needed in order to get work things through on your own. In essence, if you wanted to learn, she was there to teach
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My favorite teacher (and now a dear friend of mine) tells me that when he taught, he was a complete hard ass for the first six months of class (with grade 5&6's), and then would loosen up once the kids understood he wouldn't put up with any crap from them. I still remember my first day in class-- he sat us all down and gave us a huge lecture on what "respect" was, and how we were to give it to him, each other, and ourselves to be successful in his classroom. It wasn't a grades thing, it was an attitude thing. It's stuck with me to this day, and that was 14 years ago.
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What class was it anyways?
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Email me if you ever want to talk education
Ooh. I may just do that! Is your e-mail on your userinfo? (too lazy to just go look)
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Email is samanthahughes@blueyonder.co.uk
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