ACTING TECHNIQUES IN

A TEACHER PROFESSION

B Y YA R O S H E N K O A N A S TA S I A
 TEACHING IS A LOT LIKE ACTING – IT`S A
HIGH-ENERGY, PERFORMANCE PROFESSION
THAT REQUIRES A PERSON TO ACT AS A
ROLE MODEL.
BUT WHEN TEACHERS GO
THROUGH TRAINING AND
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
THE PERFORMANCE ASPECT OF
THE JOB IS RARELY
EMPHASIZED OR TAUGHT.

ACKNOWLEDGING THIS
ASPECT COULD BE A MISSED
OPPORTUNITY TO
RESTRUCTURE WAYS
TEACHERS LEARN NEW SKILLS
AND TACTICS.
ACTORS SPEND HOURS PERFECTING THEIR
CRAFT BECAUSE THAT’S HOW THEY IMPROVE.
THEY TEACH THEMSELVES WHAT IS, ULTIMATELY,
THE ART OF ENTERTAINMENT. THEY LEARN HOW TO
CAPTURE AN AUDIENCE WITH THEMSELVES AND
MAKE THEM EMPATHIZE WITH THEIR
CHARACTERS.
• And the difference between a good teacher and a
great teacher is exactly the art of acting. Hand
movements that emphasize one's words, tone of
speech and it's emotivity, the expressions, the
phrases, the jokes, even, everything! This is what
captures attention, this is what makes you listen to
the one speaking, this is what awakens interest and
passion about learning and committing to a subject!
TEACHING IN CURIOUS WAYS
MOTIVATES STUDENTS TO
ACTUALLY LISTEN AND, MOST
IMPORTANTLY, HEAR EVERYTHING.
LEARNING IS OFTENTIMES
ASSOCIATED WITH DULLNESS,
BOREDOM, AND WORK THAT IS
EXTREMELY MONOTONOUS.

THIS ASSOCIATION SPRINGS FROM

HOW LITTLE INTEREST TEACHERS
SHOW TOWARDS THEIR OWN
SUBJECTS, WHICH LEADS TO
STUDENTS FEELING THE SAME WAY.
THROUGHOUT MY YEARS OF LEARNING, THE TEACHERS THAT
SEEM THE MOST MEMORABLE TO ME ARE THE ONES WHO
ACTUALLY CARED ABOUT THEIR TEACHINGS AND FELT LIKE
ACTUAL LIVING HUMAN BEINGS CAPABLE OF HAVING
INTEREST IN SOMETHING.
 LOVE IS CONTAGIOUS, AND IT IS EVIDENT. CHARISMA IN TEACHERS IS CAPABLE OF ACTUAL MIRACLES, AND
MOTIVATES STUDENTS UNBELIEVABLY WELL. AND THAT IS THE EXACT REASON WHY I VALUE AND RESPECT THESE
KINDS OF TEACHERS, WHO GIVE THE STUDENTS THEIR BEST, AND SHARE THEIR LOVE TOWARDS SCIENCES WITH
THEM.

THE PAYBACK IS ABSOLUTELY WORTH IT.

THANK YOU!