Blog 13

Read the articles below. Write about what makes a good teacher. Explain the ways you plan on using these tools.

Prepare the Path

What are the qualities of a Good Teacher

ABC News- What Makes Great Teacher

What Makes a Good Teacher?

 "A good teacher prepares the student for the learning, not the learning for the student." We as teachers have to make learning fun and creative to capture the students’ attention. We have to teach the students that they can do anything that they want to do as long as the put their minds to it. We can’t give them all the answers and expect that they have learned the lesson. They have to understand that everything in life does not come simple and free, however, by learning that can equip them to knowledge for the future.

This blog also reminds me as of an article that I read in EDU 346, in that article it states that there’s no such thing a good teacher but a teacher can have good teaching skills. That’s the same thing Engelbrechtis stating in her blog. Student need teachers who have sensitivity to all the ways in which life experiences can be re- expressed by children. A good teacher needs to bring a fine blend of strength and delicacy to her job. She needs to be a person who is secure within herself that she can function with principles rather than prescriptions, that she exert authority without requiring submission, that she can work experimentally but not at random, that she can admit mistakes without feeling humiliated. This blog informed me on more ways to develop good teaching strategies.

                                                                                                                      

My last and favorite quote from her article is that ”I think a good teacher helps students more by helping them experience what they will really experience on their path through life - problem-solving, figuring it out, failing, trying again, failing some more, and trying some more.”