Teaching is both an art and a science that requires effective communication between a teacher and student. A good teacher establishes a friendly relationship with students, has in-depth knowledge of their subject area, and is skilled at listening as well as speaking. They adopt various teaching methods and styles to engage students and help achieve learning objectives through an interactive process.

1. CONCEPT OF
TEACHING

2. Teaching
◦Teaching is science as well as art. For effective teaching,
teacher must follow some specific principles based on certain
precise knowledge.
◦In this sense, teaching is science. In order to teach effectively,
teacher must adopt varied circumstances by using different
techniques.
◦Teacher must develop or cultivate his or her own style of
teaching in order to become an efficient teacher

3. Definition
◦Burton: “Teaching method is the stimulation, guidance ,
direction and encouragement for learning.”
◦Yokam and Simpson: “Teaching is the means whereby the
society trains the young in specific or selected environment
to adjust themselves to the world in which they live as
quickly as possible.”

4. Definition
◦Flander: “Teaching is an interaction process. Interaction means
participation of both teacher and student and both get benefit
by this. The interaction takes place for achieving desired
objectives.”
◦H.C. Morrison (1934): “teaching is an intimate contact between
a more mature personality and less mature one which is
designed to further the education of the latter.”

5. Definition
◦N. L, Gage(1962): “Teaching is a form of interpersonal
influence aimed at changing the behavior potential of
another person”
◦B.D. Smith (1961): “Teaching is a system of actions intended
to induce learning.”
◦Albert Einstein: The supreme art of teaching is to awaken
joy in creative expression and knowledge

6. Objective of Teaching
◦Aims at developing love for work
◦Inculcates the desire to do work with maximum efficiency
which one is capable of
◦Develop the capacity of clear thinking
◦Provides adequate opportunities for participation

7. Characteristics of Teaching
◦Teaching is an interactive process
◦Teaching is both formal and informal
◦Teaching is Art, Craft as well Science
◦Teaching is not one sided
◦Teaching is not an independent activity
◦Teaching is a planned activity

8. Characteristics of Teaching
◦Teaching is diagnostic and remedial
◦Teaching is dominated by communication skills
◦Good teaching is democratic
◦Teaching causes motivation
◦Teaching is professional in character

9. Objective of Teaching
◦Expand students' interest
◦Provide opportunities to pupils to apply practically the
knowledge and skills
◦They should adapt to the 3A’s age, ability, and aptitude of
the student.
◦Eagerness of the inspectorates
◦General support of the profession

10. Objective of Teaching
◦Teamwork and a sense of security
◦Mastery of the subject matter
◦Provision for a good library and teaching learning material
◦Role of teacher training institutes
◦Cooperation of the parents.

11. FUNCTIONS OF TEACHING

12. Diagnostic
◦Entering behavior of the student
◦Initial potential of the student
◦Educational Objectives
◦Content, instructional material &environment
◦His own potentials and capabilities

13. Prescriptive
◦Selecting appropriate contents and organizing them into
proper sequence.
◦Selecting proper teaching techniques, strategies and
feedback devices in view of the individual difference
among the students.
◦Seeking essential cooperation from the students for a
purposeful interaction.

14. Evaluative
◦Realization of the stipulated objectives.
◦Various evaluation devices in the form of tests, observations,
interviews, rating scales, inventories and unstructured
projective techniques are help in exercising evaluative
functions.
◦Failure in the realization of the objectives is essentially a failure
in the prescriptive or diagnostic functions.
◦Students are more active.

15. The other general functions of teaching are:
◦Creating learning situations.
◦Motivating the child to learn.
◦Diagnosing learning problems.
◦Making curricular material.
◦Explain and inform.
◦Initiation, Direction and Administration.

16. METHODS OF TEACHING

17. Inspirational Method
◦based on high activity on the part of the teacher e.g.
simulation and microteaching

18. Expository Methods
◦cognitive emphasis is high while student activity and
emphasis on experience is low e.g. lecture method

19. Natural Learning Method
◦learning takes place in a natural way e.g. field trip

20. Individualized Method
◦main emphasis is for each learner to earn at his own
place e.g. programmed instruction, self study, case
method, and computer-oriented instruction.

21. Group Method
◦e.g. project method, socialized classroom method

22. Encounter Method
◦providing experience through confrontation or
through encounter effective of change in basic
behavioral pattern and developing new ways of
looking at thing e.g. role play, simulation.

23. Discovery method
◦these methods are high on all dimensions like
learner activity, experience, and experimentation by
learner and cognitive understanding e.g. problem-
solving technique.

24. Qualities of Good Teaching
◦Good teaching recognizes individual difference
◦Good teaching is cause to learn
◦Good teaching provide opportunities for activity
◦Good teaching involves in guiding and learning
◦Good teaching is kindly and sympathetic

25. Qualities of Good Teaching
◦Good teaching reduces distance between teacher and
learner
◦Good teaching is flexible
◦Good teaching incorporate cooperativeness and
suggestiveness

26. Qualities of Good Teaching
◦Good teaching is democratic
◦Good teaching provide desirable and selective
information
◦Good teaching helps the client to adjust himself in
the environment

27. Qualities of Good Teaching
◦ Good teaching is progressive
◦ Good teaching always consider the level of the student
◦ Good teaching leads to emotional stability
◦ Good teaching is stimulating
◦ Good teaching should be based on previous knowledge of the
student
◦ Good teaching is carefully planned

28. Qualities of Good Teaching
◦Good teaching is stimulating
◦Good teaching should be based on previous
knowledge of the student
◦Good teaching is carefully planned

29. QUALITIES OF A GOOD
TEACHER

30. Friendliness and Congeniality
◦The most important characteristic of a good teacher
can have is to be friendly and congenial with his
students. It is a plus if his students can share their
problems with him, without being afraid or hesitant.

31. A Good Personality
◦A good teacher has a very good personality
◦Students always get attracted to teachers with good
personality which leads to better communication,
understanding, and ultimately good results.
◦Everyone can have a good, decent, likable, and presentable
personality. Just dress sensibly well, smell good, and be a
little gentle and kind.

32. Deep Knowledge and a Great Education
◦Another important characteristic of a good teacher is his
knowledge and own education. There is a saying that 'a
teacher is only as good as his knowledge is.' After all, he
is doing a teacher's job, which is to teach.
◦If he himself lacks in the knowledge of a certain subject
that he teaches, he is never going to make a name for
himself.

33. A Good Communicator
◦One of the very important characteristics of a good teacher is
his communication skills. He should be a very good speaker.
This characteristic will provide benefits in several ways.
◦For example:
◦If his communication skills are good, he can convey his lectures
with better skill and results.
◦If he is a good speaker, his class strength increases
automatically. People love to hear a person who he can speak
well enough

34. A Good Listener
◦Apart from being a good communicator, a good teacher
should also have the characteristic of being an even better
listener.
◦"If speaking is silver; then listening is gold."
◦A good listener will always have many friends and fans.
◦And when a good teacher develops this patience quality in
him, he starts to become a great teacher.

35. A Good Sense of Humor
◦So, a good teacher is the one who can keep up with
his sense of humor, and with his strong
communication skills and personality, can also
maintain the discipline of the class.

36. Kindness
◦The last but obviously one of the most important
characteristics to have in his box of qualities: he
should be a gentle, kind, chivalrous, and benevolent
person. Students should love him, and when they do
love him, they idolize him.

37. Conclusion
◦Teaching is an interaction process. Interaction means
participation of both teacher and student and both are
benefit by this.
◦The interaction takes place for achieving desired objective.
◦Teaching is an intimate contact between teacher and
student. In this process of education, teacher helps in
developing in the student’s personality by this intimate
contact.