Not everyone is a good student, but everyone can be a good person and the goal of education is to make good people. The main responsibility of building such good persons is entrusted to teachers. Whether the students will become good human beings depends mostly on how good the teacher is as a person. So, one thing needs to be made crystalline at the outset: Teaching is not just a profession, it's a VOW!
The light of education illuminates the human mind and enhances human standards. Many are involved in this great profession but not everyone can be an ideal teacher. An ideal teacher is the artisan of building the nation's talent. So, he has to be a man of unique qualities as the next generation will learn by following him.
[Illustrations are made by one of my students namely Soham]
If someone wants to be an ideal teacher, he has to practice some habits. For example, good expressiveness, spectacular presentation skills, depth of knowledge on specific topics, foresight, tactfulness, love for work, being friendly, going importance to the opinions of others, being a good listener, being motivated by mutual respect and ideals, tolerance, mutual cooperation, dutifulness and tolerance towards colleagues etc. Among all these, some points are discussed below to get a glimpse of the qualities of a good teacher.
Communication skill is on the top of the list of what makes a good teacher. Efficacious communication is an important thing to achieve in both professionals and in personal arenas. In the teaching profession, having superior communication skill as a teacher is a magnificent quality for cementing teacher-student
Students always listen to a good teacher. He also listens to his students minutely and gives his students the clarity they need by answering all of their doubts. To understand the mindset of students is one of the key qualities to be a good teacher which helps a teacher to understand what works and what does not work in terms of teaching.
Students are distinct and manifest themselves in their own way of expression. If a teacher asks active questions and carefully listens to what students want to say, a teacher can further uplift his communication with his students. With proper listening skills, teachers are able to create a robust, healthier and higher quality learning domain.
[Illustrations are made by one of my students namely Soham]
Nurturing an amiable stance is one of the most important attributes of a good teacher. Expressing a friendly point of view towards the students makes a teacher more acceptable. It is more likely to inspire students to become interested in learning.
Students feel more comfortable to ask questions when they find the teachers friendly. This can intensify the student-teacher link and create a more viable learning condition. The best teachers tend to be friendly, welcoming and secure in approach, Thus, he is more likely to open up to the teacher, and hence, he or she will be more likely to trust the teacher.
A sense of confidence will further increase interaction within the learning environment and improve the success-rate of the students. Students need to feel free in their learning area to act to the best of their capabilities. With this friendly stance, a teacher encourages this sense of ease and confidence that can really uplift his teaching to the very next level.
An ideal teacher always has to be knowledgeable. There is nothing much left to do except teaching in the life of an ideal teacher without studying. He always keeps himself busy in the middle of studies. He is thirsty to know more so that he can share his knowledge with the students. Every day he can learn something new and deliver this learnt knowledge in his class in a formal way.
He generates equal opportunities for all the students to learn. The key concern of teaching is to conduct teaching and learning activities. So. teachers are responsible to students in different fields. Students try to get to know each other better, respect their individuality and consider the individual abilities of each of them. A good teacher works as a pioneer to find out the best from the students.
There are many people who cannot adapt to an adverse or challenging environment. As a result, he faces many difficulties in his ways of life and career. But an ideal teacher prepares himself in such a way that he can easily adapt to any situation and any change which makes him stronger than the others. This adaptability helps him to be a better self which leads him to be a better teacher.
He teaches students in a certain way and is always encouraging. He knows very well that without inspiration, a student cannot progress properly. For this reason, for the welfare of the students, he encourages them to move forward with hope and dignity, He performs professional duties to ensure quality education by creating a safe and competitive learning environment for all students.
He knows very well how to teach the students so that they will be able to understand the subject very easily and will not feel any kind of annoyance. So, he makes the medium of teaching colorful. In this way, the students become much more interested in classes and concentrate on their studies. He always feels a kind of fun in teaching which helps him to teach the students in a cheerful mood.
Students adopt their teacher as an ideal from an early age: so an ideal teacher should introduce himself as a person with high morals and always strive to build students as ideal people. He always tries to make his students believe that success without ethics is not a success at all.
He, in addition to teaching, expresses his truthful views against various inconsistencies and injustices of the society and encourages the students to do good deeds. All opinions of each student are considered fairly and appropriate Communication is established with the students by an ideal teacher.
There is no alternative to gentleness. Teachers are always ready to communicate with their parents. With so many discrete thoughts going into the education system, it's easy to get agitated when faced with unhealthy criticisms. He then uses the criticisms as a chance to build himself as a more worthwhile educator.
A nice mile and some kind words can change the environment of the whole class instantly. This works better especially for those students who may be struggling with their studies or other personal matters. Another attribute of a productive teacher is that they are persistently optimistic, which allows their students to feel safe and free in looking for ways to upgrade their ways of teaching and weren't afraid to try new methods even if those newly applied methods didn't seem to work the first time. around. These teachers are active enough to become successful and work harder for the outcomes that they finally achieve.
He always keeps in touch with the guardians of the students. It is one of the important duties of a teacher to make the guardians aware about the overall academic condition of the students. Teachers who initiate regular interaction with parents can pocket the results that are the best interests of their students. So, he always tries to keep a good relationship with the guardians for the betterment of his disciples.
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