Here, are the top ten requirements for good teaching, by Dr.Richard Leblanc, York University.
1. GOOD TEACHING is as much about passion as it is about
reason.
2. GOOD TEACHING is about substance and training students
as consumers
of knowledge
3. GOOD TEACHING is about listening, questioning, being
responsive,
and remembering that each student and class is different.
4. GOOD TEACHING is about not always having a fixed agenda
and being
rigid, but being flexible, fluid, experimenting, and having the
confidence to
react and adjust to changing circumstances.
5. GOOD TEACHING is also about style. Should good teaching
be entertaining?
You bet! Does this mean that it lacks in substance? Not a
chance! Effective
teaching is not about being locked with both hands glued to a
podium
or having your eyes fixated on a slide projector while youdrone on.
6. GOOD TEACHING is about humor. This is very important.
It’s about being self
deprecating and not taking yourself too seriously.
7. GOOD TEACHING is about caring, nurturing, and
developing minds and
talents. It’s about devoting time, often invisible, to
every student.
8.GOOD TEACHING is supported by strong and visionary
leadership, and very
tangible instructional support resources, personnel, and
funds.
9.GOOD TEACHING is about mentoring between senior and
junior faculty,
teamwork, and being recognized and promoted by one’s peers.
10.AT THE END OF
THE DAY, good teaching is about having fun, experiencing
pleasure and intrinsic rewards…like locking eyes with a student in the back row
and seeing the synapses and neurons connecting, thoughts being formed, the
person becoming better, and a smile cracking across a face as learning all of a
sudden happens.
It’s about the former student who says your course changed her
life. It’s about another telling you that your course was the best one he’s ever
taken.
Good teachers practice their craft not for the money or because they have
to, but because they truly enjoy it and because they want to. Good teachers
couldn’t imagine doing anything else.
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