In fact, I came to believe that a teacher is a “properly psychologically –developed” human. Else, it’s total injustice to proceed with this mission!
Why would I say so? Well, many times, teachers are recruited for their degrees. But degrees don’t make the whole formula. Some psychological characteristics need to be well founded within the teacher to make sure they’d be “well behaving”.
First, the teacher needs a true will, through which they’d be insistent to solve any kind of problem they or their students face. Second positivity comes. In fact, there is always something positive about every student, and all the teacher has to do is to carefully look for it. Being positive is a key to success, in everything.
Third, the teacher has to have love as the dynamo of their actions, love of life and love of the word “student”. As a raiser of lives, the child needs to have passion for life, believing that life always deserves to be loved, at least for the sale of those whom they’re raising.
Fourth, the teacher needs to be in love with order. I feel this is basic, for the sake of survival, of both the classroom and the teacher themselves. Organization and over preparation are the major two keys that work out with the door of success. The teacher needs to be highly prepared for the real time he/she has for investigation in class. This time is minimal, about 20 minutes out of 50 are the ones really implemented. Besides, things might go out of control anytime. As we have learned, conflicts arise when students are not busy fulfilling a task, so good preparation and organization would lead to a successful session.
What other characteristics would you add to these?
I always ask myself this question. "Am I ready to be a teacher?"
ReplyDeleteIt is a huge responsibility that requires a lot of hard work, the degree is never enough, it is just the beginning, and these psychological characteristics that you mentioned are really essential in every teacher, unfortunately in our real life only a small percentage of teachers have these characteristics.
Meaningful steps for the teacher to evaluate her self if she is ready to start her mission, since most of the teachers enter the classes and they are not ready, or even have an idea of what they will find there.
ReplyDeleteHello Hanaa, What you wrought show that TD courses has a great positive effect on you, and of course this will help you to succeed in your job later.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was at school I never loved the time that I was spending in the classes, maybe because most of the teacher do not know .
the secret of being effective teachers.