how to be a good teacher?

Answer 1

have fun..
be friends with ur students..
i like teachers that are friendly and nice..
u dont have to be super strict for the students to listen and pay attention to u..
u jez have to gain their respect..
and i respect teachers who can be nice to us (not TOO nice), but still stick to his responsibilities..

Answer 2

First I must stress that "A Teacher is made and not born". I would say very, very few teachers are born. Teachers who are 'born' are teachers with special attributes that make them stand out among the others. Qualities like patience, being caring, compassion etc are some of the ingredients of a good teacher. If someone tells you that a good teacher is one who is "tall. dark, handsome and slim" or "petite, pretty and charming" then you can bet the pupils will not be learning very much. The latter qualities alone will not make a good teacher.
I sincerely believe that a good teacher must be:
a) competent - his knowledge must be wider than the pupils/students under his charge and he must be able to deliver his lessons well - in short he has prepared his lessons to a competent level.
b) confident - he is confident and he exudes this confidence to his pupils so his pupils will be in rapt attention. Student nowadays can size you up - so dont bluff your way.
c) caring - this is a very important aspect - the human and emotional aspect. If you dont show love and care to your pupils then dont teach. A caring teacher can do wonders, believe me.
d) collaborative - this means you connect not only with the students but with parents as well. Involve them and you will find that teaching and learning will be fun.

I can add more to the above; like being a role model, be punctual, dont be a hypocrite, dont humiliate but encourage. etc, I agree it is not easy to do but if you have the passion to teach then you had better arm yourself wtih all those qualities.

Answer 3

Every teacher has their own style. From a student's perspective, a good teacher is fair and understanding. You can be demanding (we usually learn more if you are), but not too much so, and be nice about it. A good sense of humor and ability to relate to students also helps, particularly for the older ones.

Answer 4

If someone is not doing their homework, simply ask if they're okay. Most times if a student doesn't do their homework it's one of 3 reasons. 1) They have a troubling home life 2)They cannot easily understand the concepts or 3) They have a substance abuse problem.

A simple question or additional help with understanding how to complete...say....algebraic expressions and division within them will help improve their ability to understand it. Therfore you'll be a better teacher because more students in your class will be succeeding. :)

Answer 5

A good teacher is one who does not teach.
A teacher should only function as a cataytic agent and not be concerned about teaching better and should not be interested in learning himself/herself.
he/she should simply speak when there is need and encourage the students to speak, read and write and do the same himself...he should allow synergy to be created in the classroom whereby the process of understanding happens-for both the parties-the students and the teacher.

Answer 6

well what grade are you teaching. or what level?
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just be open to your students views and make sure they know that they can talk to you if they need help. Don't let the kids walk over you by being strong but letting them know that's its OK to have fun at the right times. And never freak out in front of them, when a teacher freaks out or tells us too much information about their personal life I lose respect for them.

Answer 7

Be yourself, from your question you feel like a very caring person. Take that into the class room everyday. when you teach the material kids will learn, but I think what teachers fail to teach kids today is that they are human, and their actiosn will affect the future they will creat.
Just take your self and your lesson into the calssroom every day

Answer 8

Listen to them and really care about what they say. It's very important to all children to be heard. Remember back when you were a kid and how you felt when you had chats with your teachers. The ones I remember most are the ones who took interest in what I said, who genuinely cared about what I had to say and remembered and would ask me things that I already had told them. I hardly remember those teachers who were too busy to pay attention to who I was and just wanted me to sit there and listen to them.

Answer 9

My youngest son was the tallest boy in his class in 8th grade. He was well liked by his teacher, she always told me he reminded her of Opie Taylor. He was also well liked by his classmates. There was a boy who was quite and timid in the 8th grade class and he was being badly bullied on the play ground at recess. He was a straight A student and got to the point he did not want to go to school. One day after school the teacher took our son aside and explained to him what was happening with this poor boy. She told our son that beings he was the biggest boy in class and looked up to that no one would try to go up against him. Could he make it a point to hang near this bullied boy and when someone started being mean to him, could our son stick up for him. Our son took over protecting this boy and everyone left him alone because they did not want to go up against the biggest kid in school. Now this was an attentive teacher and how wonderful for this poor bullied boy that someone came up with a great solution. Our son never even told us what he was doing till he was out of high school. But his parents one day approached us telling us how grateful they were that our boy had helped there child through a tough time. We were very proud of him but the credit belongs to the teacher for being so observative and coming up with such a great idea.

Answer 10

Get your students excited about discovery- whether it's about the subject you're teaching or themselves. There are many students who do surprisingly well in subjects they hate because their teacher inspired them to try. In doing so, their self esteem raises and that confidence spills over into other areas of life.

Answer 11

The best teachers I had were the ones who listened to me as well as teaching me.