Is there such a thing as a good ...
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If the answer is yes, then why can't we talk about a good or bad ...
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What makes a teacher good is not WHAT he/she is, but WHAT he/she DOES. In other words, how his/her actions stimulate and inspire learning and motivate those under his/her care to excel at whatever they are doing IN and OUT of the classroom.
Teachers who go beyond the classroom and makes knowledge accessible by drawing parallels with our lives fall into the smaller category of educators who ARE teachers, not educators who perform fulfill teacher-like duties.
My choice of good teacher went to Ken Carter,http://coachcarter.com/ for the very reason that it was not OFFICIALLY his job:
by seeing beyond the basketball court, he was
more concerned with helping his players win in life and not just shoot some
hoops to a championship title.
He could have simply not cared ...
He could have pretended he had nothing to do with it
He could have looked the other way
If the million-dollar question is what makes good teaching, then Carter shows just that. Good teaching is asking yourself how much are my students being challenged to think beyond the book or content and look towards the environment in which he is inserted.
Best comparison ever: Coach Carter!
ReplyDeleteInspiring text, by the way!
Cheers, Google Boy.
Thanks a lot Google Boy,
ReplyDeleteI am fascinated by what we call informal, out of classroom, spontaneous learning - when we really make a difference. The trick is making these moments more and more possible in the classroom.