The quality of education calls for high(5)

Although, as we can see, the character and personality of the teacher is a crucial issue in the classroom, by far the greatest number of responses to the question ‘What makes a good teacher?’ were not so much about teachers themselves, but rather about the relationship between the teacher and the students. This is borne out in the following responses. 1, A good teacher is somebody who has an affinity with the students that they’re teaching.

Successful teachers are those people who can identity with the hopes, aspirations and difficulties of their students while they are teaching them.

2,A good teacher should try and draw out the quiet ones control the more talkative ones.

Experienced teachers can tell you of classes which are dominated by bright, witty, loud, extrovert students. As this EFL teacher implies, it’s easy to be captivated by such students. It takes more effort to ensure that the quiet, shyer students also get a chance. One of the secondary students I questioned said, ‘A good teacher is someone who asks the people who don’t always put their hands up.’

3, He should be able to correct people without offending them.

Explaining to students that they have made a mistake is one of the most perilous encounters in the classroom. It has to be done with tact. The teacher has to measure what is appropriate for a particular student in a particular situation.

4, A good teacher is someone who helps rather than shouts.

Said by a secondary school student, this was one of the many comments about discipline. The people who resent bad behaviour most are not teachers, but other students who feel their time is being wasted. Learning how to manage students and how to control boisterous classes is one of the fundamental skills of teaching.

5,A good teacher is someone who knows our names.

Class management- the ability to control and inspire a class is one of the fundamental skills of teaching. Teachers find it much easier if their students bellieve that they are genuinely interested in them and available for them.