Teaching is a profession that is often under recognized‚ funded and appreciated. Teachers in urban‚ low-socioeconomic areas are probably more challenged and less appreciated than their counterpart in affluent schools and middle class neighborhoods. The challenges facing urban teachers also face teachers in rural areas‚ however‚ teacher dissatisfaction and turnover appears to be higher in urban schools‚ according to Tanner‚ McLeod‚ Carter‚ Simpson‚ and Maxwell (2008). Tanner et al. (2008) suggest
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A GOOD TEACHER The qualities a good teacher should have is a very controversial issue. In the following paragraph I will express my views on the above topic. A teacher‚ in order to be a good teacher should have many qualities that other do not have. To begin with‚ a good teacher should provide students with clear goals and tasks from the beginning of the school lessons and encourage them if he/she notices that the students are of target. Secondly‚ a good teacher ought to give students feedback
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Professor Huffman My Best Teacher My best teacher that I have had thus far in my academic teacher would have to be Elias Semaan. Professor Semaan taught the upper level Finance courses here at JMU and his intelligence as well as his passion captured my attention and made me want to absorb the knowledge that he was preaching. I had Professor Semaan my sophomore and junior year and he was great. He taught a difficult course‚ FIN 360 Analytical Methods in Finance but he made difficult concepts and
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me to begin my spoken tribute to our teachers with these lines: “Teachers are God’s gift to students. Students are God’s gift to teachers. Teachers and students are God’s gift to mankind‚ and civilization.” Without teachers and students there will be no progress‚ no future to dream for. Teachers pass on knowledge to students and students pass on knowledge to students and so on. Today we celebrate Teachers Day. We pay tribute to our teachers who made civilization‚ who gave us knowledge
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vs. Ineffective Teacher What characteristics should a teacher possess? What Makes a Good Teacher? Video – Effective Teacher • An effective teacher can be seen in the following video: Introduction What does being a teacher mean? • Having a vocation for the teaching profession. • Being dedicated. • Being surrounded by a large number of diverse students‚ each with their own baggage and unique character. Knowledge 1st Characteristic of an effective teacher • Should be transmitted
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Mahatma Ghandi once made the statement‚ “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” If one wants to bring about a positive change‚ they must be aware of the problems and take action. Similarly this is what Baldwin tried to get teachers to understand in his Talk to Teachers. In order to teach effectively and to be able to affect students‚ teachers must first begin with themselves. Baldwin employs to teachers to change the way they see black children and to improve their education. Baldwin
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Ronna Pearson Sociology 3337-70 July 12‚ 2012 As Nature Made Him The boy who was raised as a girl John Colapinto In 1967‚ after a baby boy -- one of a set of identical twins -- suffered a botched circumcision‚ a radical treatment option was agreed to by his desperate and grieving family. Encouraged by renowned medical psychologist Dr. John Money‚ an expert in the field of gender identity and sexual reassignment‚ the anonymous child was surgically altered to live life as a girl. The case would prove
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DISCUSSION QUESTION:MY TEACHERS The teachers I admire most are those who remain intellectually curious and profesionally vital inside and outside the classroom.They avoid stagnation at all costs and maintain an enviable passion for children and the learning process.They remain vivid in the students’ memories forever because of their compassion and creativity.I had such a teacher in my school days .She was my science teacher who always took little more efforts to make sure we understood the
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Makes a Good Teacher Every person has their own opinion of what a good teacher is. For me‚ the best kind of teacher is someone who enjoys the subject they are teaching. They generally care for their students‚ and want to see them succeed in their class. At the begining of each school year I would always be excited to see who my teachers were going to be. I would hope for someone who would make the classroom a fun place to be but still teach me things at the same time. I needed a teacher who could
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Throughout my life I have been taught by a number of teachers‚ all of whom have had some form of influence on me whether it be positive or negative. However‚ through this intellectual journey I have discovered many qualities that have distinguished these great teachers from the rest. A great teacher has certain qualities that distinguish him/her from the other teachers. He/she shows qualities such as patience‚ kindness‚ flexibility‚ resourcefulness‚ tolerance and open-mindedness. He/she also has
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