The followers of this thread may also find these threads interesting.

https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_makes_a_great_teacher

https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_as_a_modern_teacher_should_we_provide_to_the_21st_century_student_the_skills_that_will_enhance_a_students_performance_in_life?

https://www.researchgate.net/post/Which_skills_must_21st_century_teachers_have_to_promote_high_quality_learning?

Thank you for your good information Ruchi Tiwari.

Dear Colleague, some interesting points should be added to this conversation from the side of teacher educators. We generally agree on 7-8 necessary competences which must be improved for being a good/effective teacher by the end of training. These are the followings:

1.... competence for getting to know students

2. ...for community shaping

3. ...to lead learning process

4. ...for team working and professional communication

5....competence to prepare students for LLL

6....professional development of students' subject knowledge

7....competence for development of his/her own professional knowledge

8....competence for research -based assessment of students' performances

Hopefully my comment can help you.

Ágnes

The 21st century offers great opportunities and threats to the teacher. S/he must be prepared for the students who have fast and easy access to the limitless knowledge source- the net. S/he must possess better critical and analytical skills in processing information that are available to both him/her the teacher and the students. And s/he must be able to blend the skills of today's "traditional" teachers who are simply digital migrants and the upcoming teachers who are digital natives.

I think the attributes of a good teacher are not related to a time scale. I have been a teacher (& a student) in the 20th century and I am a teacher in the 21st century.

The 2 most important charcteristics of a good teacher are: 1) He/she masters the subject(s) to be taught. 2) He/she must be honest.

From these 2 features, many constructive actions will stem ,e.g., the time of each lesson will not be wasted, the teacher will have enthusiasm to give, the subjects taught will not be covered in a hasty manner, and the students are raised to full alert even if they show a lazy attitude at the beginning.

Sometimes, the teacher has to be tough in dealing with the students but this is done for the sake of optimizing the teaching/learning process.

The success of the teacher cannot be measured instantly, because a "crook" may teach them & give them easy exams in order to put high grades for them. The instant reaction of the students is that this teacher is fantastic!

The good judgement of the teacher comes when the students grow up. As a good teacher, you left an impact on them & they try to be as good as you were. You will meet them after some years & they will start to remind you of things that you have forgotten.Such casual meetings will give the teacher enormous satisfaction & he/she will feel that they really worked for the good of hunmanity.

Hello Mr. Rahman:

I think that there are not recipes for being and excellent teacher, but I also believe that we can learn how to do our best in teaching, from others experiences. That is why I suggest to you the reading of the book of Ken Bain, What the Best College Teachers Do, in which you can find inspirer examples of good professors and reflect about the major conclusions of the study, that are below.

The best college teachers:

1. Know their subject matter extremely well.

2. Prepare for their teaching sessions as serious intellectual endeavors, as important as research and scholarship.

3. Expect more from students.

4. Create a natural critical learning environment.

5. Treat students fairly.

6. Check progress and evaluate efforts.

Have a good day: Annie

Dear Rahman

There are three fundamental dimensions for teaching excellence

1. Knowledge

 understanding of facts,

 State-of-art of knowledge

 Read literature

 the capacity to analyze and synthesize them and to apply them to new situations.

 Bring excitement to class

2. Projection (presentation)

 Clarity of presentation

 Concrete examples

 Encourage thinking

 Stimulate enthusiasm

 Process of discovery

 Eye contact

3. Rapport

 Enjoys knowledge sharing

 Concerned with students

 Promotes positive emotions, morale and motivation of students.

 Students prefer a smaller class.

 Large class breeds an impersonality.

The followers of this thread may also find these threads interesting.

https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_makes_a_great_teacher

https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_as_a_modern_teacher_should_we_provide_to_the_21st_century_student_the_skills_that_will_enhance_a_students_performance_in_life?

https://www.researchgate.net/post/Which_skills_must_21st_century_teachers_have_to_promote_high_quality_learning?

Since 21st century is characterised by a rapid change of things, the first thing a teacher should teach is "how to change values, ideas, etc. without suffering from some kind of sock." Another important condition is the rapid change of knowledge and technology. Students should have the qualities to convert "information" to knowledge.

To better understand future it is profitable to read e.g. Alvin Toffler's The Future shock

http://resource.1st.ir/PortalImageDb/ScientificContent/eae29e30-4f13-4016-8dc4-95f8ff7e1209/Future%20Shock.pdf

I believe that there are many essential qualities in order to be good teacher in the 21st Century. The teacher should provide high quality learning and be able to transfer information and knowledge effectively to students.

Did I noticed 'be modest' somewhere?

- Do not give the impression as a teacher you know everything (e.g., there are millions of millions of published sources of which the teacher masters

Many essential qualities in order to be good teacher in the 21st Century are ;

Being able to communicate effectively,

Building up confidence in the students,

Planning in order to develop the personalities of students,

Being able to make the subject of teaching simple,

Being able to teach effectively,

Taking help of ICT as required,

Inspiring the students to learn more,

Motivating students,

Having a humanitarian approach towards students,

Getting involved with students' development - mental, physical, emotional.

Dear All,

I can but repeat myself:

I like RG threads because participants can direct somehow with good comments the course of discussions however there are important deformations among answers and comments because of our perceptions and life history experiences. The original question was “what qualities are essential in order to be good teacher in the 21st Century”?

For being teacher is an ancient profession. Many stressed that the holistic view of a teacher, their capabilities to prepare students for unpredicted circumstances, their use of sophisticated facilities matter.

I feel for being teacher is a conservative job. We do not know much on the real demands provided towards ancient Greek or medieval teachers and scholars in Europe and Asia.

A good teacher should (had to) be open and sensitive to the world in order to build the most wide horizon regarding his/her field as well as the past, the presence and somehow the future of our world. The teacher should be able to interpret these impressions to students as efficiently and faithfully as possible.

Some mentioned many qualities. Not the skills or professional (side) qualities are important. What matters is the relationship of a teacher towards the truth: scientific and universal truth.

A cheat (charlatan) with the best skills or professional qualities cannot be a real teacher. I mean charlatan is who knows that he/she does not represent the scientific or universal truth.

In summary I think an ignorant (at scientific level) and a charlatan cannot be a good teacher thus the demands for a teacher are desire to find the truth, ethics, knowledge and ability to interpret all these even in this century. According to my experiences, the essential demand, the desire for finding the truth, which lacks. A building without fundaments collapses in spite of good quality materials used in the walls...

In the 21st Century, students are multi-task, they highly tend to think and act nonlinearly, and technology is both a custom and a habit. A good teacher in the 21st Century should understand these circumstances and act accordingly, for it is the ambience and atmosphere where both learning and teaching take place.

These circumstances are specific of our age, in contrast with the early 20th Century and before.

According to me Practical knowledge is most important for being a good teacher. Along with that skill to entertain students with the study material is also important because when students will find the subject interesting and class entertaining then only he can enjoy learning the subject which is most important.

Regards,

Nitish

An openness to the unexpected and a willingness to consider what it means before criticising or despairing. Change has been rapid and students do not behave/learn/think/read as we expect them to. Any change may be dysfunctional yet we have to accept the change as fact, not rail against it, but be ready t consider the source, meaning, possible outcomes, value of said behavioural changes and think positively about what strategies we should/could develop to improve outcomes. Note that some changes could be positive and we should be willing to embrace them, some could be negative and we need to be critical in planning how to remediate, and some could be both and we need to be very creative and critical in finding a productive pathway through it.