THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD TEACHER
When you heard the word of ‘teacher’. What will come
first in your mind about the teacher? Everyone have their own perceptions on
the teacher based on the school experience. But, who is the teacher? In the
broadcast sense, a teacher can be defined as someone who not only teaches or
imparts knowledge, but also most importantly, someone responsible for shaping
and molding the minds and hearts of all those who they teach. Actually there is
no hard to tells you who is a good teacher or who is not a good teacher.
However, there are characteristics that excellent teachers have in common.
One of the most important attribute of a good teacher is
to be a good communicator. Teacher should be comfortable explaining things and
enjoy doing the same. They also should make an eye contact with their students.
So, their students will pay attention and enjoy their learning with the
teachers. At times, a teacher might feel I like yelling or shouting at
students, but a good teacher is one who knows how to keep the temper in check
and act calmly in such situations.
On the other hand, a good teacher also must be a
knowledgeable person. They have to possess a deep knowledge of the subject matter
and they are able to manipulate, simplify, and individualize the data more
easily because they are already master of it. In order to achieve it, they are
not just only to work hard, but they need to have passion for the subject. A
good teacher also are able to recognize the students who are not interested in
that subject and they need to made an effort to attract the students to like
and interested to that subject. So, the teacher should be creative and have
many and variety of ideas in their teaching activity to make their teaching and
learning process become more interesting and attractive.
After that, a good teacher also should have a good sense
of humor. They should know how to make jokes and accept jokes. We should bear
in mind that teachers are not comedians but they are entertaining to their
students. Sometimes, they will tell stories, point out silly things, bring joy
to difficult situations and are not afraid of laughter. Teacher use humor in a
right way with the purpose to have and make connection with their students.
Actually, a good sense of humor is a great way tool that help teachers to
simplify their task. Wit and humor, when applied in the proper manner, can form
an important part of a successful teaching program.
In the nutshell, a good teacher should have all of these
characteristics. They also should be versatile and flexible in this profesison
because we already know that teachers play an important roles in student’s
life. So, a good teacher must be formed in order to produced an excellent
student.
0 comments:
Post a Comment