How to be a great teacher? Lessons Learned from Teacher Panel-4
By Chris Basil
EDI 600 Psychological Foundation of Education
School of Education
Long Island University, C. W. Post
September 15, 2008
I thoroughly enjoyed the panel discussion in class #2 of EDI 600. I found it extremely helpful to be given the opportunity to talk to individuals who are actively in the teaching profession and have them field our questions and concerns.
After hearing their responses I found that a very important component – along with great patience, of course – was the ability to adapt to the type of students you are teaching. Not every child functions the same and not every lesson works. But I think the entire teaching profession as a whole is a continuing learning process.
I don’t think great teaching abilities are something you are born with but rather skills that you can hone throughout your professional career. There are attributes that you are born with that can certainly help with being a good teacher – the ability to lead, an outgoing and patient personality – but teaching is more than just encompassing great personality traits. It’s a combination of structure, planning and adaptation as well.
I found many topics of interest in the first 2 chapters but I would really like to explore the process of what makes one child learn better than another. Does it concern race, gender, family background, wealth, etc, or do any of these factors even matter at all? It’s very interesting.
By Chris Basil
EDI 600 Psychological Foundation of Education
School of Education
Long Island University, C. W. Post
September 15, 2008
I thoroughly enjoyed the panel discussion in class #2 of EDI 600. I found it extremely helpful to be given the opportunity to talk to individuals who are actively in the teaching profession and have them field our questions and concerns.
After hearing their responses I found that a very important component – along with great patience, of course – was the ability to adapt to the type of students you are teaching. Not every child functions the same and not every lesson works. But I think the entire teaching profession as a whole is a continuing learning process.
I don’t think great teaching abilities are something you are born with but rather skills that you can hone throughout your professional career. There are attributes that you are born with that can certainly help with being a good teacher – the ability to lead, an outgoing and patient personality – but teaching is more than just encompassing great personality traits. It’s a combination of structure, planning and adaptation as well.
I found many topics of interest in the first 2 chapters but I would really like to explore the process of what makes one child learn better than another. Does it concern race, gender, family background, wealth, etc, or do any of these factors even matter at all? It’s very interesting.
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