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“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” - William Arthur Ward
Can anyone become a great educator (teacher or lecturer)? Or is it gift that we are born with (Nature)? Or can we become a great educator through learning, practice, feedback, reflection, etc. (Nurture)? Or perhaps it is a combination of Nature and Nurture? Or perhaps it is neither? What are the characteristics of a great educator anyway?
At the University of California at Berkeley, the Distinguished Teaching Award was instituted in 1959 to recognize and reward excellence in teaching. Since the inception of the award, over 150 faculty in forty-eight departments have been honored…although these essays (by the award winners) were prepared independently over a number of years, there are striking similarities about what good teachers say about teaching. On at least ten propositions, the contributors are in near or total agreement:
*The teacher’s main task is to guide students through the learning process, not to dispense information.
*The goal of teaching is to help students read, speak, write, and think critically—and to expect students to do these things.
*Learning is a ‘messy’ process, and the search for truth and knowledge is open-ended.
*Good teachers love their subject matter.
*Good research and good teaching go hand in hand. Students’ engagement with the subject is enhanced by knowing about the teacher’s own research, and the interaction with students often provides new insights into the research.
*The best teachers genuinely respect students and their intellectual capabilities.
*Good teachers are rarely satisfied with their teaching. They constantly evaluate and modify what they do.
*Good teachers usually had good teachers, and they see themselves as passing on their own teachers’ gifts to a new generation of students.
*Good teachers treasure the small moments of discovery in the classroom and the more enduring effect they have on students’ lives.
*Good teachers do not see teaching as separate from other activities; rather, they see their lives as remarkably integrated.”
[bron: http://zaidlearn.blogspot.com/2008/04/teaching-habits-that-inspire-you-out-of.html ]