There are many skills, traits and methods that teachers possess to effectively teach students. The purpose of this analysis is to try and find statistical research that can be recorded with conclusions to draw from it. I have interviewed two teachers consisting of 5 questions each and I have handed out 16 copies of my questionnaire containing 10 questions each. I used 8 males and 8 females so that I can make a non-biased conclusion to my research.
From the questionnaires and interviews I have conducted, I have found that there are many important qualities of an effective educator. The first teacher I interviewed, Mr. Richards thought control of the class was the most important quality, whereas the second teacher I interviewed thought control of the class wasn’t all that important but good knowledge and patience were most important. This shows that the subject you are teaching can have an impact on how effective your teaching skills are. For e.g. Mrs. Dean is an English teacher and she believes good knowledge and patience are important when teaching a class, and Mr. Richards is a Mathematics teacher and he believes that control of the class is a very important skill to have when teaching.
Interaction with the students seems to help teachers get an idea across according to the two teachers I interviewed. This is because it helps both the teacher and students understand the topic more and learn more by gaining other people’s insight.
When I asked the question, ‘what do you think makes a teacher an effective educator?’ to Mrs. Dean and Mr. Richards, I received similar answers. They both think that communication is very important for effective education. This means that for students to learn the teachers must have good communication skills for them to be able to understand what they are teaching.
Another skill that both of the teachers I interviewed found important, was for teachers to adapt to different... [continues]
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