Teaching skills

1. I teach
What's your superpower?
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2. Being a teacher is not less
than a superhero as it
takes a really big heart to
shape little minds
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3. “I have been a teacher, a
scientist and an
administrator. If you ask
me what I love the
most, I would say it is
teaching."
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4. Welcome to the world of Teaching
• Not merely aiming for marks
• Not merely promotion to next class
• Not merely requires a degree in education
• Not just a 40 minute class
• Not just explaining/translating the chapter
• Not just solving the equation on board
• Not just reading a book
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5. “When you study greatteachers…
you will learn much more from their
caring and hard work than
from their style.”
Nicholas Sparks
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6. What should be
our role?
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7. Being
empathetic
& caring
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8. Understand that not
everyone is a 80%-90% scorer
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9. Make the class
interactive
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10. Make them Laugh
Humour is your best tool
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11. Use Technology
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12. Let them be a teacher
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13. Encourage questions &
cultivate curiosity
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14. Be a learner
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15. See your students as bunch of
unique individuals, not as a
drawer full of case files
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16. Create a classroom
where they would love
to come
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17. Don’t just teach, Nurturethem
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18. Teachers who
love teaching,
teach children to
love learning
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