As teachers we all have an enormous responsibility......every single day; we take on the important task of nurturing the impressionable minds of future generations. But what does it take to be an outstanding teacher?
What does "peak performance" look like for an educator? In particular, what skills, attitudes and beliefs are helpful to us if we want to be the best teachers we can be?
When you look at what great teachers do, there is always a common thread....a collection of core qualities that they all seem to possess, so how do we learn to deliberately cultivate these?
12. “Professor John Hattie has
spent his life studying the
studies to find out what
works in education.
His advice to teachers?”
Just shut up.
Professor John Hattie
http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/just-shut-up-and-listen-expert-tells-teachers-20110609-1fv9y.html
13. “When teachers stop talking deep learning takes place”
“We need to see learning through the eyes of kids”
14. What are the qualities and
attitudes that facilitate learning?
Realness or genuineness
Prizing, Acceptance, Trust
Empathic Understanding
Carl Ransom Rogers (1902 - 1987)
http://www.infed.org/thinkers/et-rogers.htm
15. “We cannot teach another person directly;
we can only facilitate their learning.”
“The structure and organization of the self
appears to become more rigid under threat”
http://www.infed.org/thinkers/et-rogers.htm
16. The educational situation which
most effectively promotes significant
learning is one in which:
1) threat to the self of the learner is
reduced a minimum
2) differentiated perception of the
field of experience is facilitated.
http://www.infed.org/thinkers/et-rogers.htm
19. “If you want to teach
young people, first you
must love them; you must
love them all equally.
Saint Marcellin Champagnat
Founder of the Marist Brothers
26. In early 1998 could you
have predicted how
much the world would
change in 13 years?
Image: 'ashamed'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24471966@N04/3114343040
32. 24/7 access
p2p learning
online learning
mobile learning
home schooling
cloud computing
open learning spaces
open learning resources
co-constructed knowledge
abundant information
game based learning
digital convergence
33. We have entered an era where self-motivated
students with a personal device and broadband
access can learn more than they could in school.
34.
35. What do you need to know to teach a dog tricks?
52. Students Teachers
quick learner
enjoys a challenge
seeks engagement
no fear
willing to try
willing to fail
enjoys learning
worldliness
wisdom
knows what’s possible
53. Students Teachers
quick learner
enjoys a challenge
seeks engagement
no fear
willing to try
willing to fail
enjoys learning
worldliness
wisdom
knows what’s possible
54. Students Teachers
quick learner
enjoys a challenge
seeks engagement
no fear
willing to try
willing to fail
enjoys learning
worldliness
wisdom
knows what’s possible
55. Students Teachers
quick learner
enjoys a challenge
seeks engagement
no fear
willing to try
willing to fail
enjoys learning
worldliness
wisdom
knows what’s possible
56. Students Teachers
quick learner
enjoys a challenge
seeks engagement
no fear
willing to try
willing to fail
enjoys learning
worldliness
wisdom
knows what’s possible
57. What do you think sets an excellent teacher
apart from an average one?
What do great teachers do that makes them great?
58.
59. What do you think sets an excellent teacher
apart from an average one?
What do great teachers do that makes them great?
64. In your teaching career, have you ever done
something with your students that...
was out of the ordinary?
you feel exceptionally proud of?
you think was exemplary education?
you know made a difference?
69. Make it look like you’re following instructions
while saying “screw it”
70.
71.
72. "It's fun"
"I learned most of it from the teacher, but then... I
started doing stuff for myself"
"I found my way and worked it out by myself, and tried
to solve my own problems"
“It makes you think a lot about the problem solving"
"It helps you create your inner awesomeness!"
73.
74. Perhaps we could endeavour to teach our future the following:
• How to focus intently on a problem until it's solved.
• The benefit of postponing short-term satisfaction in exchange for long-term success.
• How to read critically.
• The power of being able to lead groups of peers without receiving clear delegated authority.
• An understanding of the extraordinary power of the scientific method, in just about any
situation or endeavour.
• How to persuasively present ideas in multiple forms, especially in writing and before a group.
• Project management. Self-management and the management of ideas, projects and people.
• Personal finance. Understanding the truth about money and debt and leverage.
• An insatiable desire (and the ability) to learn more. Forever.
• Most of all, the self-reliance that comes from understanding that relentless hard work can be
applied to solve problems worth solving.
Seth Godin