CHARACTERISTICS OF

EXCELLENT PROFESSORS
(The Carnegie professors of
the Year)
 1. A strong desire to be really good through
conscientious and hard work (masipag)

2. The good teacher cares about students, knows when

to set boundaries,
knows the student's potential and adopts the
philosophy of "good teaching is a form of parenting".

3. A good teacher is concerned with more than just

what the students know and is also concerned with the
students values, beliefs and relationships. In short "a
good teacher cares".

 
 SEVEN (7) PRINCIPLES OF
GOOD PRACTICE TEACHING
IN UNDERGRADUATE
EDUCATION
(Chickering and Gameson)
 1. Encourage interaction between
the teacher and the learner which
refers to effective teacher
characteristics and to what the
teacher does in the learning
environment to motivate the student
to actively participate and ask
questions in the learning process.
 
2. Elicit cooperation among
students to do collaborative
learning through study
groups, undertaking group
projects and other group
activities.
 
 3. Students should engage in
active learning where they can
pro-actively manipulate the
content of what they are learning
by talking about the material,
writing about it, making an
outline about it, applying it,
asking questions about it, acting
it out or just reflecting upon it.
 4. Giving prompt feedback
related to class recitations,
quizzes, major exams or other
written works and projects
serves as reward or positive
reinforcement for a job well done
and for any commendable
behavior or attitude exhibited by
the learner.
 5. Emphasizing time on task
where the teacher makes sure
that the students knows how
much time they should spend
learning a particular material and
by using time efficiently. This
refer to proper, effective, and
intelligent time management.
 6. Communicating higher
expectations which refers to
the challenge that the teacher
gives to the student and
students response to rise up
to that challenge with the
teacher's encouragement and
support.
7. Respecting the diverse talents
and ways of learning since
learners have different learning
styles which the teacher must be
able to identify so that she could
use different teaching strategies,
approaches and methods.