QUESTION:

Discuss your idea on an ideal teacher. Your discussion should focus on knowledge, skills and personal qualities / attitudes.

Teacher…

Definition: One who teaches or instructs; one whose business or occupation is to instruct others; an instructor; a tutor.

Just describe the ordinary teacher who could be any of us, or any people in the society.

However, an ideal teacher is different from the above definition.

KNOWLEDGE

•informative

SKILL

•Multi skills •Latest skills. E.g: ICT•Pedagogical skills

ATTITUDE

•Great personality•Just•Not hypocrite•Helpful•optimistic•Creative

KNOWLEDGE

Informative Master the knowledge within their field However, they cannot ignore other

important knowledge ▪ E.g: General knowledge (changing)

Subject matter knowledge. -thorough knowledge of the subject

to convey. - familiarity with a broad range of

books and other materials available

thorough knowledge of the learning process- familiarity with different learning styles

- mastery of a variety of instructional strategies

-an awareness of which strategies will be most effective

SKILLS

Has pedagogical skills Know the development phase of the children and

able to use appropriate teaching approaches and teaching aids that suit the students.

Can explain well to the students (effective teaching and learning)

Update themselves with latest ICT skills Multi skills person

Can handle society programmes (soccer) Administrative work

 effective communication skills - ability to communicate at a level

and in a way that students can understand. 

- The voice and diction of facilitators

should be clear, moderately pitched and well- modulated

.

They should have a good memory power.

Presentation Skills - adept at creating presentation

styles for visual, auditory or kinaesthetic learners.

- positive body language.

PERSONAL QUALITIES / ATTITUDES

Have great personality role model for the student to be copied. Good ethic Professional and approriate dressing

Not hypocrite Helpful Optimistic

Not easy to give up trying Always look forward towards goals

Creative Able to modify the learning style to be fun and attractive

Just Do not practice favouritism

Assertive - make their expectation clearly

known to students, parents and administrators.

- insist that students comply with those expectation.

- back up their words with reasonable action.

REFERENCES

http://ardictionary.com/Teacher/1182http://rootstowings.nuvvo.com/lesso

n/944-an-ideal-teacher

http://ezinearticles.com/?An-Ideal-Teacher&id=1302625

http://clblogs.multiply.com/journal/item/10

http://www.sciaga.pl/tekst/56555-57-my_ideal_teacher