BEING A GOOD TEACHER

KYAW SAN
(EDUZONE)
Learning objective-
At the end of this lesson, trainees will be able to:

- identify the qualities of a good teacher

- explain the teacher’s roles and responsibilities
 A. Thinking about teaching
1. Think about the worst teacher you have had.

• Write down all the reasons

why he or she Was a bad teacher.

• Discussion: What makes a good teacher?

 1. BEING A GOOD TEACHER

1.knowledge (n) a)information and understanding

2.attitude (n) b)how someone thinks and feels

3.behaviour (n) c)how someone acts

4.skill (n) d)ability to do something well

Put each quality under one of these headings.

Knowledge attitude & behaviour skill

 Knowledge
 Subject Knowledge (English, Math, Science,…..)
 How to teach(General)
 How to teach(Subject Specific)
 Understand how people learn
 Know how to find out things you do not know
 Attitudes and behaviour
• Patient
• Understanding
• Fair
• Listen to students
• Cares about students
• Gives praise
• Doesn’t shout
• No physical or mental punishment
 Skills
• Makes subject interesting
• Makes subject fun
• Explain clearly
• Helps students understand
• Does a number of different things in one
lesson
• Create mutual respect in the classroom –
• T &St_St & St
 The qualities of a good teacher
Summary of key qualities.
Knowledge
• The teacher needs to know and understand:
 The subject to be taught
 How to teach the subject
 How to plan teaching and help
students learn
 Attitudes and Behaviour

Positive :
about teaching,

about the subject, and

about the students

Fair: does not have favorites in the class.

Interested --every student.

These attitudes are shown in the teacher’s
behaviour in the classroom.

Praises good work and student effort

Keeps calm.
Is Patient and helpful
Does not get angry with students
Treats students equally
(does not treat some students better than
others.)
 Skills
The teacher is able to:
 Plan: to give a structure for learning
 Teach: to make learning varied and interesting;
to make learning relevant;
 motivate students
 Manage learning:
help students learn, and assess student progress
 Manage the classroom:
to make sure all students are working well
• Knowledge and Experience + Attitudes and
behaviour = Classroom Skills
 2. The role of the teacher
Answer the questions.
I. What do teachers need to know and do to guide learning?
ii. How can a teacher help students understand what
they are learning?
iii. Make a list of the different things the teacher has to
plan.
iv. What does the teacher have to do to manage the
classroom?
v. Give two examples of how a good teacher is also a
learner.
 The role of the teacher
• The role of the teacher is to guide, facilitate
and manage high quality learning for each
student equally.
• To guide learning, teachers need to know
what they are going to teach, and how they
are going to teach it. They also need to watch
every student’s progress, to make sure that
students achieve their learning objectives.
A good teacher is able to facilitate individual
and group learning.
• They are able to interest students and
motivate them to take part actively in lessons.
• They help students understand what they are
learning by giving structure, and making
learning relevant to the students.

• To manage learning, the teacher has to plan.

 Managing learning
• A teacher has to manage the classroom and make sure
that all students are working well, and are not wasting
their own time, or stopping other students working.
• Finally, good teachers are also learners.
They think about their teaching,
about what worked and what didn’t work.
They learn from their mistakes.
• To carry out this role well, and give all students high
quality learning, a teacher needs the right knowledge,
attitudes, behaviors and skills.
 Answer the questions.
I. What do teachers need to know and do to
guide learning?
What to teach ; How to teach ; Watch students
progress
ii. How can a teacher help students understand
what they are learning?
Give structure ; Making learning relevant
iii. Make a list of the different things the
teacher has to plan.
Plan: Course, monthly, weekly, Daily
 Answer the questions.
iv. What does the teacher have to do to manage
the classroom?
• Make sure students work; don’t distract
other students
v. Give two examples of how a good teacher is
also a learner.
• Think about their teaching; Try new things;
Not afraid to make mistakes
 3.The responsibilities of the teacher
1. Here is a list of the stages of the Teaching cycle. They
are in the Wrong order.
Put them in the correct order in the diagram

……..
Missing pieces
Plan ……… ……..
Assess
Teach
Evaluate ……… ……..
Identify needs
 The teaching cycle

• identify needs
• plan
• teach
• assess
• evaluate
 Missing pieces 1

A teacher goes into the classroom.

Teacher: Right. Open your books at page 46.

Student: Sir, we did this last week.
Teacher: Did we? Ah yes, I remember. Ok
then, page 52. Read the chapter and answer
the questions at the end.
 Missing pieces

The teacher sits at the front, marking the

homework of another class.
Half way through the lesson,
a student asks a question.
Student: Sir, we need to look at a map to
answer question 5.
Teacher: Do you? Mmm. You’d better leave
that question out and go on to the next one.
 Missing pieces-Q ?

At the end of the lesson,

the teacher leaves the room, thinking
‘That was a good lesson. The students were
quiet and got on with their work’.
Do you agree with the teacher that this was a
good lesson? Which of the five stages of the
teaching cycle did he cover in the lesson?
 Identify needs
Find out student needs--
what they already know,
and how they learn best.
know what difficulties they may have
which could make a difference to their learning.

Identifying needs will help you plan your teaching

at the right level for your students.
 Plan learning
As a facilitator,
Planning provides a structure.
As a guide, you need to know where you are going.
what subject content you are going to teach
at the level of your students.
how to teach the subject.
design an outline plan of the whole course.
plan each lesson in the course.
- planning includes designing learning activities and
summary handouts for your students.
 Teach
Have clear learning objectives
at the right level for the students.
Use a variety of Teaching and learning activities;
manage learning in the classroom
(to make learning interesting and motivate
students.)
A variety of approaches –
help students with different learning styles and
skills.
 Assess learning
Assessment helps-
T: how well the students understand their
learning.
S: how they are doing
Assessment does not always mean tests and
exams.
E.g. Giving feedback to students is a kind of
assessment
 Evaluate teaching
A teacher needs to know
how successful their teaching is,
and learn from the things that go well,
and also the things that don’t go so well.
--look at student assessment results to see
how they are progressing towards their learning
objectives.
Evaluation helps you identify students’ needs for
the next cycle of learning.
 Self-evaluation

Design a checklist that a teacher could use to

evaluate their teaching after any class.
e.g.
ask ourselves to evaluate our teaching-
• all students were interested in the lesson
• there was a variety of different learning
activities.
 Assessment Task
1. Write one sentence for the teacher ’s
responsibilities saying why the teacher needs
to do this stage.
E.g..
The teaching cycle and the teacher’s
responsibilities
1) Identify needs:
The teacher has to identify student needs
because……………………………………………..
 Identify Needs

• Identify:

Student level
How individual learn best
What they already know

Difficulties individual students may have

 Plan Learning

• Plan:

What you will teach – content

A course outline
How you will teach – methods

Individual lessons and learning activities

 Teach

• Have learning objectives

• Be aware of student welfare

• Vary activities to interest and motivate

students
 Assess Learning

• Teachers need to know that students

understand
• Students need to know how they are doing
• Giving students feedback help them learn
 Evaluate teaching

• Know what went well and why

• Get feedback from students from time to

time
• Know what didn’t go so well and why
THANK YOU
KYAW SAN
EDUZONE