What Makes a Great Teacher: Pedagogy or Personality?
- Dr. Darion James
- Oct 6, 2019
- 1 min read
Teaching is hard work and some teachers never grow to be anything better than mediocre. They do the bare minimum required and very little more. The great teachers, however, work tirelessly to create a challenging, nurturing environment for their students. In 750 words or less, describe what makes a great teacher: pedagogy or personality!
A great teacher has a combination of pedagogy and personality. A great teacher's passion, drive and insight are the backbone of the development of their classroom and students. The personality of the teacher has the ability to breathe life into a classroom and/or take away from the life of the classroom as well. Pedagogy is also important as well because without skill and knowledge it's like badly steering a ship or airplane, where it's going all over the place without any clear direction. Skill and knowledge (pedagogy) is important because with a good educator they can look at a curriculum and know what they need to do to make it accessible for their students. As far as a sense of…
What makes a great teacher/special education? A great teacher demonstrates a unique teaching style which delivers a combination of both pedagogy and personality. A great teacher creates a nurturing learning environment for his/her students. A great teacher collaborates
with his/her colleagues(teachers) to best meet the needs of the each student. We believe that a great teacher has passion, charisma, warmth. A great teacher diminish the role of pedagogy and all of the decision-making that informs teaching. A great teacher is confident in their craft. They know how to implement the curriculum effectively. A great teacher demonstrates compassion and emotional constancy, the cultural competency needed to develop trust and understanding
with students. Overall, a great teacher provides characteristics such as:
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Great teachers have both great pedagogy and great personality. I have worked with tons of teachers at dozens of schools prior to arriving at Walker-Jones, and I always am so impressed with the amazing combination of pedagogy and personality that so many of our teachers have here. Being effective means taking the resources provided for curriculum and instruction and bringing best practices to life by making them fit one's personal style. This takes a lot of time and is a continual improvement process. Being collaborative and open to feedback helps grow skills with pedagogy, and positive school climate and supportive team members can help one's personality flourish. Having positive personality characteristics will help teachers connect with their students a…
A great teacher creates a sense of community and belonging in the classroom. The mutual respect in a great teacher’s classroom provides a supportive, collaborative environment. In this small community, there are rules to follow and jobs to be done and each student is aware that he or she is an important, integral part of the group. A great teacher lets students know that they can depend not only on him/her, but also on the entire class.
A great teacher is warm, accessible, enthusiastic and caring. A great teacher is approachable, not only to students, but to everyone on campus. This is the teacher to whom students know they can go with any problems or concerns or even to share…
What makes a great teacher/SPED teacher?
I believe that teaching is a combination on Pedagogy and personality, it all depends on the teacher's teaching style.
There are different teaching styles, some teachers believe in the teacher-centred style teaching that puts the teacher as the "expert" of the classroom, and the students are novices. This is supported by the theory of Behaviourism.
Then some teachers believe in the child-centred teaching which places the "child" as the main focus of the learning, and the child leads the setting in the room. This is a Constructivist approach.
Also there is Direct instructions, where the teacher delivers the information and explains and states the concept themselves, rather than having the students discover the information.
No matter which…