The document discusses the qualities of effective teachers. It identifies that effective teachers are enthusiastic, ask questions, promote self-learning, recognize learner needs, are knowledgeable, establish good classroom control, have positive expectations for all students, and keep good eye contact with students. The role of teachers is described as managers, observers, diagnosticians, decision makers, presenters, motivators, evaluators, and counselors. Key knowledge areas for effective teachers are also outlined, including self-knowledge, open-mindedness, child development theories, how children learn, and group behavior dynamics.

1. Qualities Effective teachers
By:
Wondifraw Dejene
Department of education
Dire Dawa University
September, 2018
Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
wondideg@gmail.com

3. Becoming a Teacher-
Qualities of an effective teacher
Role of the teacher
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4. Effective Teachers
Are they made or born??????????
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5. Who is Effective teacher??
Brainstorming
 Think of any teacher (your primary, secondary, or
tertiary level teacher)that you think effective and tell
us why you label him/her effective (his/her qualities)
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6. Characteristics of Good Teachers
 Enthusiastic
 Ask Questions
 Non-threatening
 Promote self learning
 Recognize the needs of the learner
 Knowledgeable
 Businesslike

7. Effective Teachers cont…
 Establishes good control of the classroom
 Does things right, consistently
 Affects and touches lives
 Exhibits positive expectations for ALL students
 Establishes good classroom management techniques
 Designs lessons for student mastery
 Works cooperatively and learns from colleagues
 Has a goal of striving for excellence
 Keep Eye Contact with students
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8. Role Model
Be professional
Have a good attitude
Be on time
Pitch in/lead from the
front
Treat everyone with respect

9. Create a Good Learning Environment
Show enthusiasm
Involve your students
Be friendly
Be consistent
Ask questions in a non-
threatening way

10. Give Feedback Feedback is absolutely crucial for improvement
 Let your team know what they are doing well
and where they can improve

11. Role of the teacher in the
classroom
 Manager : manage the total learning environment
the children as individuals and as a group
the learning program
the environment and resources
 Observer: ability to scrutinize the children closely
their action, reaction and interaction
 Diagnostician: identifying strength and weakness of
each child and devise remedy accordingly
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12. Role of the teacher…
 Decision maker: choosing appropriate learning
materials, deciding on topics and
projects, etc
 Presenter: involves the teacher as expositor, narrator,
Questioner, explainer etc
 Motivator: arousing sustaining interest
 Evaluator: evaluating, assessing and recording learner’s
ability, achievement, and progress
 Counselor: advises on the whole range of problems-
educational, personal, social, and emotional
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13. Knowledge required of an effective
teacher
 Self -knowledge: being aware of one’s strength and
weakness
 Open-mindedness: being willing to reflect upon
ourselves and to challenge our
assumption, prejudices, & ideologies
as well as those of others
 Child development: good grounding in the theories of
child dev’t- theories of intellectual,
physical, emotional, and social dev’t
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14. Knowledge…
 How children learn: motivation, theories of learning,
the use of rewards and punishment, etc
 Group behavior: as teaching is concerned with
handling groups, awareness of group
dynamics is helpful
 Subject matter : subject mastery + pedagogical
knowledge
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