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Core Qualities of Good Teachers
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Good teaching starts with well thought out and well planned lectures that are organized and easy for students to follow.
Good teaching is about knowledge and content and maintaining relevancy in your field.
Good teaching includes the establishment of high standards and expectations for student performance.
Good teaching is about motivating students to learn, developing and fostering of self-instruction, and approaching this process in a manner that is relevant, meaningful, and memorable.
Good teaching is about listening, questioning, and having the confidence and ability to react and adjust to changing circumstances.
Good teaching can and should be entertaining and interesting – but this does not have to be at the expense of rigor and substance.
Good teaching requires the respect and attention of students in an enthusiastic classroom atmosphere that can facilitate learning This can be best accomplished through humor (often at your own expense), stories, and conversations with students both in and out of the classroom.
Good teaching provides the means for students to think about and evaluate the world differently, to see every day life though the eyes of the discipline and the lead students to make conclusions that they never would have thought of before.
Good teaching is about mentoring faculty, passing on lessons learned and seeking continuous improvement.
Teaching success and the promotion of student learning results from a balance between mastery of subject matter, the ability to communicate this knowledge, and the development of a good rapport with students.