This paper discusses the traits of good and bad teachers, the study habits they create (or fail to create) and why or why not these habits are effective. (4+ pages; 3 sources; MLA citation style)
IIntroduction
There is little doubt that a good teacher can instill a love of learning that will enable a student to do well in school, and succeed in life. There’s also little doubt that a bad teacher can make school such a frustrating, embarrassing and shaming experience students won’t learn much. This paper discusses traits of good and bad teachers, and the study habits they create, or fail to create, in their students.
IIDiscussion
What makes a good teacher? What sort of study habits does such a person engender in his/her students? There are a great many answers to that question, but some responses recur more frequently than others. One source says that a good teacher must be an expert in his field; there is no substitute for sound knowledge, and no amount of charm will make up for it if the teacher isn’t thoroughly grounded in his field of expertise. A teacher who is “in love” with his subject brings a sense of excitement to the classroom, and a strong desire to share his favorite subject with others. (Koo, PG).
With this as a basis, a good teacher will “cultivate a student’s sense of responsibility and hard work.” (Koo, PG).
The Essay on Good Student Teachers Wanted
In education and in other fields of life, people are separated and grouped into nice sections. It has been going on for a long time, even before Plato defined his ideal society. The separating of the good and bad, intelligent and stupid, and high and low class will continue to be a part of who we are as a culture, because our educational structure requires students to learn the basic skills. A ...
Many students with great ability are also a bit lazy; they need a “push” from a good teacher to develop good study habits. They also need a “reflective” teacher as a mentor to help them refine their thought processes—in other words, a good teacher will help students “deepen” their thinking. (Too many teachers teach by rote and memorization; students need to be encouraged to use their brains to develop their own ideas, not merely memorize facts.) Koo says teachers should remember they’re teaching students, not just subjects. (PG).
Another source says that good teachers do two things: they work hard to help their students and they expect hard work from their students. (Lowery, PG).
Good teachers recognize that they have an obligation to meet academic standards, and that students who do not meet these standards should not be graduated; “pushing” them through the system defeats the purpose of having standards. (Lowery, PG).
Good teachers help their students meet academic requirements by designing learning experiences such as assignments, quizzes, and exams that motivate their students, challenge them, and bring out their best efforts. Good teachers expect a lot from their students, and it’s a cliché but true that when people expect a lot from someone, the other person often rises far above their usual performance to meet those expectations. Good teachers, by working hard and expecting their students to work hard, make it possible for students to perform at a very high level.
What about bad teachers? What do they do, or fail to do, with regard to study habits? They embody traits that are pretty much the opposite of good teachers.
Not surprisingly, it’s difficult to find much information on bad teachers—nobody is going to step up and admit they’re lousy at their job. But one article did suggest a reason why some teachers are failing: they spend almost half their time (43%) trying to maintain control of their classes. Even worse, 70% of the students in this survey said that disrespectful behavior is common in their schools. (Raasch, PG).
The Review on Students’ Perception on Separating Class Based on Learning Style
There are some methods that can be used to identify the leaning style, one of them is fingerprint test. Fingerprint test is a techniques used to analyze someone’s multiple intelligence, learning style and personality (Ayu, 2007). Regarding to the importance of learning style, this study tries to find out students’ perception when they have to be seated in the classroom which consist of people who ...
Teachers are trained as teachers, not peace officers, so having to spend this amount of time with rude, disrespectful and unpleasant louts would certainly make a poor situation worse. A good teacher would have the advantage of students who wanted to come to class and didn’t act up, but a poor teacher would very quickly become even worse.
If good teachers challenge students to work hard while they work hard themselves, then it seems logical to assume that bad teachers neither work hard nor encourage their students to do so. If we are going to create our archetypal terrible teacher, then we’d probably come up with someone who didn’t know their subject, didn’t care about their subject, didn’t care if the students learned or not, and didn’t keep control of the class. This teacher would not be prepared for class; would not give creative or interesting assignments; would not develop projects that relate to the real world; and would expect little of his students. He might also be a strict disciplinarian, even a bully (bullying teachers are not that uncommon, unfortunately) who uses humiliation and shame to keep students in line. His class would be disorderly, noisy, and those students who did want to learn something wouldn’t be encouraged to do so. He would not help his students learn to study, nor would he understand the value of critical thinking, and how vital it is that young people develop this skill. His class would be every student’s worst nightmare.
IIIConclusion
Teachers have a tremendous influence on their students. We often hear celebrities thanking their favorite teachers for making them work hard—it is the discipline they got from Mr./Mrs. So-and-So that allowed them to achieve success. But no one ever thanks Mr. Rotten for boring them to death, humiliating them, or failing to help them learn. Bad teachers do leave a mark, however, on the students who grow up to be dim, unhappy, basically uneducated adults.
The Homework on A Students Responsibility Work Hard Learn
Most people think that work starts when you either turn sixteen and can work in the local grocery market, or when you turn thirty and finally land yourself a career such as a teacher, secretary, lawyer, doctor, etc. However this is very untrue. Work starts at about the age of five. As soon as a young child steps their foot into preschool, nursery school, or kindergarten, they start their first of ...
IVReferences
Koo, Grace Shangkuan. “What Good Teachers are Made Of.” Asia Africa Intelligence Wire, 29 Sep 2002: NA. Retrieved 1 Nov 2003 from The Gale Group, San Diego Public Library, San Diego, CA: http://web6.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/965/93/40956086w6/purl=rc1_ITOF_0_A92190341&dyn=6!xrn_3_0_A92190341?sw_aep=sddp_main
Lowery, Roger C. “My Philosophy of Education.” University of North Carolina at Wilmington [Web page]. Undated. Accessed: 1 Nov 2003. http://people.uncw.edu/lowery/my_philosophy_of_education.htm
Raasch, Chuck. “Teachers, Parents, Outside World are Key to Classroom Civility.” USA Today [On-line]. 23 Aug 2003. Accessed: 1 Nov 2003. http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/columnist/raasch/2003-08-23-raasch_x.htm
