The great teacher or educator: Post III
The great teacher or educator has a strong ego and self of self, but is not narcissistic or egocentric. He/she knows that he/she is not perfect and has knowledge of his/her own beliefs and biases. And he/she has the courage to clearly state that he/she has those biases.
In a similar vein the great educator both when preparing for teaching and in the actual instruction process, the great educator does not focus on self or on self-protection. Instead, he/she focuses on making clear in his.her own mind that he/she knows precisely what he/she believes that the student needs to learn. on the student being taught and on how to reach him or her, and on how to grab and hold the attention and thought of the student. Accordingly, the student(s) become engrossed with the topic at hand and on the thought process itself.
That also says something about teaching method or tactic. No matter how good a lecturer one is, one cannot expect to drone on incessantly in lecture and simultaneously hold the attention and involvement of students. It simply will not happen, no matter how ggod a tale-weaver the lecturer is. .
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I had a psychology lecturer who always ended statements with all right or okay. I swear she did it on purpose as every year the first years all would run tallies to see if she said more all rights or okays. Sometimes she said both at the end. Can't remember her lectures but her voice still rings in my head with all right okay.
Budgie
Level 8
Nov 16, 2020
1
I once had a lecturer who said, "uh" 234 times in 50 minutes. I remember only two thing about him -- the tally and the fact that he was a damned poor teacher.
I still remember quite clearly an Teacher of English that I had in Ist, Grade High School.
No kidding, he could drone on and on and on for lesson after lesson enough to actually put an Chronic Insomniac into a very deep sleep.
Yet I also has a Science Teacher that could hold the attention of every student in every lesson because he made everything interesting, asked the students to discuss/debate the lessons with him, etc, etc.
Yes, a GOOD Orator/Teacher, etc, can grab your attention and hold it for as long as he/she wishes and YOU will learn from him/her every time.
Triphid
Level 9
Nov 15, 2020
4
One of my own students, a shy young man, was an expert on a topic that I was going to teach a fortnight in the future. We agreed for him to teach that class. I coached him accordingly, and that class was a great success. He also became much less shy.
anglophone
Level 9
Nov 14, 2020
5
I had a student in Primary who struggled with most subjects but when it came to transformations in Maths he just knew how it should look. in the end I had him mark the other students work as I can teach it but struggle to visualise it and have to turn the kids books around to see what is going on. The next year when I did it again I "borrowed" him from his class to come and mark their work. I think acknowledging that they have the skills you don't helps them to understand that you don't have to be good at everything and to celebrate your strengths.
@Budgie YES!
@anglophone very impressive, acknowledging your weaknesses really highlight your strenghts, its not comfortable to admit lack of ability, its usually seen as incompetence when its far from it
@Iamcelery Thank you. I was delighted to be able to acknowledge and make use of the specialist knowledge and and experience of those students to help the rest of the cohort.
@anglophone i can almost guarantee you that made a positive life long impact, as im getting older this is the type of mark im striving to make
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