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The Characteristics of A Good Teacher
The Characteristics of A Good Teacher
Three Categories:
Pedagogical Knowledge and
Competency
Personal Attributes
Modelling student respect.
Empathic understanding.
Nurturing. Passionate about learning. Personally committed to teaching as a vocation. Fair and non-authoritarian.
Personal Attributes
(continued)
Personal authenticity.
Effective interpersonal skills.
Professional Attributes
Reflective practice.
Time management skills.
Professional Attributes
(continued)
community.
References
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References (Continued)
Cruickshank, D.R. & Haefele, D. (2001) Good Teachers, Plural: What makes a teacher good? Looking at the ways we have answered that question in the past century may place the current evaluation craze in perspective, Educational Leadership, February: 26-30. Egan, G. (2007) The Skilled Helper, 8th Ed., California, USA: Thomson Brooks/Cole. Gardner, H. (2006) Multiple Intelligences: New Horizons, Revised Edition, New York : London :BasicBooks ; Perseus Running [distributor].
Korthagen, F.A.J. (2004) In search of a good teacher: towards a more holistic approach in teacher education. Teaching and Teacher Education, vol. 20: 77-97.
Slade, M. (2002) What makes a Good Teacher?: The Views of Boys, Conference paper presented at Challenging Futures? Changing Agendas in Teacher Education, Armidale, NSW, February 3-7, 2002: 1-13. Snowman, J., Dobozy, E., Scevak J., Bryer, F. & Bartlett B. (2009) Psychology Applied to Teaching, Wiley. Westwood, R. (2006) What do schools really want in a language teacher?, Teacher, vol.168(April): 38-44. Whitehead, K. L. F. & Rossetto, M. (2007) Bridging past and present in the negotiation of prospective middle school teachers' identities, Australian Journal of Middle Schooling, vol.7(1): 25-29.