Effective Teaching

Conventionally, a teacher was described as a teacher who taught students in a classroom. Currently the definition of a teacher is more so an esteemed figure who teaches children but as a motivator, a well-informed and amenable member of the wider population who ultimately leads students to reach their greatest potential. Effective teaching fundamentally narrows down to the characteristics teacher posses. Teachers deal with a vast amount of children with a extensive array of knowledge and skills, this requires a substantial encounter to teachers as it is essential that they ensure that all students differing in learning capabilities are provided with knowledge and skills to develop both mentally and socially. An effective teacher thus has to have the ability to build rapport, knowledge of the environment as well as the curriculum, which incorporated good planning and organisation. An effective teacher also has to have a clear objective in the lesson that they are teaching and be able to expand the minds of their students through constructivist point of view incorporating a blooms taxonomy process in the classroom.

Rapport is nothing more than a connection you make with your students based on their positive feelings for you. When they like you and trust you, and when you in turn like and believe in them, you’ll form a bond that makes classroom management a lot easier.Rapport is substantial since it delivers the framework for what really takes place in the classroom. Constructing rapport is crucial from the foundation as it creates a learning and comfortable atmosphere for the children. Therefore an interactive nature amongst the teacher and the children develops the outline through which effective learning transpires. Building rapport leads to many other characteristics of effective teaching as constructing a friendly but absorbed learning experience, it is likely that students will want to be in the classroom and, consequently, provides the motivation that some students lack in wanting to come to class and learn which ultimately is the main goal for all teachers. This is highlighted in Apendix A, as the notion of rapport building is closely tied in with the introduction of the lesson. In Apendix A the introduction of the lesson motivates the children to learn through the activity that is conducted which gets the children moving and at the same time thinking about what they have learned to what they are about to learn. This is particularly important in smaller children as their attention span is limited thus an introductory activity should be engaging.

An effective teacher will furthermore have knowledge of their school. If a teacher has knowledge of the school they have a fundamental understanding of what resources are accessible for their students. “The most significant portion of the teaching and learning series is the amount of knowledge the teacher has of the school.” (Whitton et al., 2010, pg. 136). Possessing