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Effective Teachers: Personal Attributes and Characteristics

Effective Teachers: Personal Attributes and Characteristics. Chapter 11. Research on Teaching. Difficulty defining effective teaching In student achievement, SES overshadows all other variables Other variables include: Qualities of the teacher

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Effective Teachers: Personal Attributes and Characteristics

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  1. Effective Teachers: Personal Attributes and Characteristics Chapter 11

  2. Research on Teaching • Difficulty defining effective teaching • In student achievement, SES overshadows all other variables • Other variables include: • Qualities of the teacher • Educational aspirations or motivation of students

  3. How Do We Know Teachers Are Effective? • Rated according to their ability to help students gain the most from instruction • Performance on standardized tests

  4. Personal Attributes Identified with Effective Teachers

  5. Motivating Personality • Enthusiasm • Variety • Warmth and humor

  6. Orientation Toward Success • Teachers believe in their own and their students’ ability to be successful

  7. Professional Demeanor • Focused on helping students learn • Professionally knowledgeable • Businesslike • Seen as credible and worthy of trust

  8. Motivating PersonalityEnthusiasm • Convey confidence to students • Convey enjoyment and value of subject • Interest and involvement • Vigor • Physical dynamism

  9. Motivating PersonalityHow Enthusiasm Is Conveyed • Using variety in speech, gestures, and facial expressions • Moving around the room • Maintaining eye contact • Encouraging participation • Soliciting input from students • Maintaining a brisk lesson pace

  10. Motivating PersonalityHow Warmth Is Shown • Through positive and supportive interpersonal relationships with students • By letting students get a sense of one’s personality (“real people”) • By showing friendliness • By maintaining a positive attitude • By demonstrating an interest in students as individuals • By appearing to be open and willing to work with students

  11. Motivating PersonalityHumor • Spontaneous • Ability to laugh when something funny occurs in the classroom • Avoid teasing and sarcasm • Deliberate or planned • Plan lessons which incorporate or point out amusing aspects of a topic

  12. Motivating PersonalityCredibility • Credentials • Messages you send to students • Relate topics to their interest and needs • Behavior • Being open, honest, and equitable in dealings with students • Soliciting and accepting students’ comments or criticism • Defining expectations • Demonstrating interest and concern for student success

  13. Orientation for SuccessHigh Expectations for Success • Self-efficacy • Expectations for student success • Self-fulfilling prophecy • Set realistic goals • Sustain and modify expectations • Convey goals clearly • Work to provide each student with the opportunity to succeed • Provide remediation

  14. Professional DemeanorBusinesslike • Emphasize activities most likely to help students learn • Offer clearly defined learning outcomes/goal-oriented • Seriousness • Deliberateness • Organized • Adaptable/flexible • Knowledgeable

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