Perequisites of effective teaching

For getting an effective teaching, alternative programs for recruiting and preparing teacher s have been devised, giving rise to research comparing the effectiveness of teachers from different types of preparation backgrounds. Also, some specified prerequisites are emphasized for teachers to get effective teaching.

Verbal ability

Students taught by teachers with greater verbal ability learn more than those taught by teachers with lower learning ability. As the book stated, the teacher’s vocabulary and verbal skills do a great contribution in the students’ academic success.  Since communication skills are linked with verbal ability, effective teachers with higher verbal ability can better convey ideas to students and communicate clearly. Thus, this prerequisite is pretty important because students taught by teacher with high verbal skills perform better not only at school or at university but also in the outside world.

Educational coursework

Teacher preparation programs in instructional assessment techniques, and methods and materials related to specific content area are really important because it focuses not only on the teachers’ development but in the students’ development. By having these trainings  teachers will be able to understand better hoe students learn and how they need to be taught ; that is to say, teachers with background knowledge of pedagogy are better to recognize individual students’ needs and customize instruction to increase overall student development and achievement.  In addition, teachers with better professional preparation are able to provide students more diverse opportunities to learn.

Teacher certification

Teacher certification status is related to educational background and to scores on some tests of pedagogical or content knowledge in a specific area. Well-qualified and certified teachers are significant for a great progress in the students learning. Furthermore, out-of-field teaching actually harms the teacher, as well as the students. Thus, uncertified teachers and out-of-field teachers achieve far less than with students than teachers with proper in field certification; fully prepared and certified teachers have a greater impact or gain in students learning than uncertified teachers.

Content knowledge

Teacher’s knowledge of the content that is taught is an important issue in teacher effectiveness. It is important that the teachers manage the contents of the subjects to guide the students and transmit the knowledge the students need.  Teachers with subject matter knowledge are better able to go beyond the basic textbook content; moreover, the definition of subject matter expertise must include the ability to convey and to teach the content to others, as well as having awareness of the concepts and ideas being taught. Thus, the ability to convey the content to students in a way that they can grasp, use and remember is important, but also it is not necessarily related to additional knowledge or coursework in the content area.

Teaching experience

Experienced teachers differ from cookie teachers in that they have attained expertise through real-life experiences, classroom practice, and time. These teachers do not have too much difficulty having a great repertoire from which to incorporate and organize routines for monitoring students and creating meaningful lessons. That is, teachers who are both experienced and effective are experts to know the contents and students they teach. They use efficient planning strategies, practice interactive decision making, and embody effective classroom management. To sum up, experienced and effective teachers are effective to do more in less time than rookie teachers.

 

All the prerequisites or qualifications mentioned above are essential and important for a teacher. All of them are closely related for an effective teaching, so any of them should be separated from the other because if that happens, the effective teaching lacks awareness of pedagogical principles and proficiency.  

well, I think the most important to me is educational coursework because a great teacher never stops learning, and I have had the oppurtunity to go a conference or training. it is admirable how much I learned there, so I can say that this really works.