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What does a good teacher mean? What is the modern teacher like? Who is a good teacher

Of course, you can put the advice of experts into practice when you get to know your child's teacher a little better. But thanks to them you will understand what you need to pay attention to.

So, a good teacher:

makes sure that the child is interested in learning;
knows that there are no universal pedagogical recipes;
tries to surpass himself in order to help the student overcome his bar;
always strives to learn something new;
does not write remarks in the diary that sound like a sentence: “He does not learn anything”, “There is no ability for the subject”;
constantly analyzes his work;
looking for ways to support in the child the desire to explore the world and.

The desire to learn new things is the desire to learn. The task of the teacher is to support the desire in the child. No exhortations will help here: the desire to learn awakens in a child only when he feels it in an adult.

Many children get bored of learning when they don't see the point in the knowledge offered. But when a teacher is passionate about his subject, this meaning is revealed to them, even if it is not specifically mentioned.

A good teacher is not one who knows all the answers, but one who constantly asks himself new questions. He is not the bearer of truth, but love for it, the embodiment of efforts to find it. Truth for him is a fascinating process. Never completed, but enticing, intriguing! And children are fascinated by this desire to know.

PROBLEMS OF TEACHERS

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Of course, there are factors that complicate the work of a teacher. Among them:

the education system, with its endless, often contradictory, directives, which requires conformity from teachers;
learning difficulties associated with different levels of students in the class;
conflict with parents of students;
lack of support from colleagues.

It happens that children who are afraid of learning mask it with buffoonery and various provocations, generating in the teacher a reciprocal - and most often unconscious - fear. Afraid of losing authority, some “tighten the screws”, not caring that boredom or rivalry reigns in the lesson, others, on the contrary, let go of the reins, reducing requirements and thereby depriving children of the necessary work of knowledge - the opportunity to think, doubt, try.

Galiya Nigmetzhanova, child psychologist

Boris Bim-Bad, doctor pedagogical sciences

To cope with the situation, the teacher needs to overcome the desire to always be the master, to be in the center. It is important to be able to be not above, but next to the child. This provides an opportunity to collaborate with students, leaving them space for independent action.

STUDENT PROBLEMS

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Every child faces difficulties in learning related to the characteristics of his personality, character traits or the situation in the family. But if the teacher does not notice, ignores these features, they turn into a real problem. Such teachers prefer to communicate only with strong students, and the weaker ones are relegated to the background, leaving them to themselves. Another option is when the teacher knows how to work only with the "middle" and gives in to both those who are lagging behind and those who are advanced. These teachers don't know.

Sergey Volkov, language teacher

One of the main qualities in our profession is the ability to listen and hear each child, enter into a dialogue with him, understand his needs (which he himself is not always aware of) and choose adequate means to work with him. I imagine the teacher as a person in a bathrobe with many pockets filled with different tools. And at the right moment, he must get out of his pocket exactly the one that will help this particular child and in this particular situation. The richer his arsenal, the more he is ready for the unknown that awaits him at the entrance to the classroom.

Of course, positive evaluations are also important in our work. But much more important are the thoughts that the child came up with, the feelings that he experienced when communicating in a lesson or studying a subject.

A good teacher is a master of his craft!

What does a good teacher mean? First of all, this is a person who loves children, finds joy in communicating with them, believes that every child can become a good man, knows how to be friends with children, takes children's joys and sorrows to heart, knows the soul of a child, never forgets that he himself was a child. A good teacher is a master of his craft! If a teacher combines love for work and for students, he is a perfect teacher, as Tolstoy said.

Do such people exist? Yes, I want to talk about one of them.

O teacher Ekaterina Nikolaevna Tamarovskaya in Starobelovsky settlement, both parents and students respond in the same way: “A good teacher!” And when the formation of the 1st grade begins, they constantly turn to her with a request: “Take ours ...” They lead both those with poor health, and hooligans, and those who did not master the program in the past. Be sure to bring their kids and those who once studied with her. We are sure: she will not only teach, but also educate. In her class, everyone is smart, good and kind. The guys respect each other, take care of each other. Such is the law of class life. And that is why, probably, you will not find her students in the school list of “difficult” students: they themselves evaluate their behavior, their actions, their statements in the circle of their peers.

The lessons of Ekaterina Nikolaevna are original, interesting, because they are dominated by psychological harmony, pedagogical tact and experience. Decades of work helped her to comprehend the best of Sh.A. Amonashvili, S.N. Lysenkova, school teachers of the city, scientists of the city of Novosibirsk. My own experience has been accumulated, which over the years of work has swept aside routine ideas about the structure of the lesson, about teaching methods. Now she simply takes from the pantry what she needs exactly in this lesson in accordance with the topic, supplements it with electronic educational material and everything is like in a fairy tale.

Most of all, her student, his eyes, worries: does interest live in them, does a living thought shine, does he manage to learn something new? And it is also important for her that moral and spiritual concepts, Tolstoy's ideas about life become the norm of behavior, the life of pupils ...

Students of Ekaterina Nikolaevna are active participants, winners and laureates of competitions, olympiads, intellectual games of various levels. In 2006 - the winner of the municipal Olympiad in mathematics, in 2007 - the winner of the All-Russian game "Russian Bear" in the pivotal school, in 2009 - the winner of the city scientific and practical conference "The Little Door to Big world»

Ekaterina Nikolaevna is an active participant in professional competitions. Laureate of the competition "Teacher of the Year 2000", winner of the municipal competition "Best Teacher" (2007), participant in the competition "100 Best Teachers of Kuzbass". Methodical Association teachers primary school under her leadership in 2006 became the winner of the municipal competition of methodological associations.

Ekaterina Nikolaevna has certificates of honor from the school administration, education department, city administration, administration Kemerovo region for the worthy upbringing of the younger generation, the Presidium of the Kemerovo Regional Committee of the Trade Union of Education and Science Workers of the Russian Federation for many years conscientious work, Chest sign " Honorary Worker general education Russian Federation".

Many students followed in the footsteps of Ekaterina Nikolaevna: four teachers work at school No. 7. Everyone has one desire - to be like the first teacher.

For me, Ekaterina Nikolaevna is an idol at work and in life. Kind, open, active, hardworking, confident will not leave indifferent neither children, nor parents, nor colleagues.

“I can’t imagine my life without school…” This phrase was once said by Ekaterina Nikolaevna Tamarovskaya, a primary school teacher. Such people are indeed called Teachers with a capital letter.
The role of a teacher in the life of every person is great. And it is very important that your teacher be a teacher who is somewhat similar to Ekaterina Nikolaevna. Such a responsible, loving his work, loving children, able to interest and explain everything in an accessible way. I told you about a teacher who wholeheartedly supports his work. About a teacher who is loved by students….

“He is an artist - but his listeners and viewers do not applaud him. He is a sculptor - but no one sees his work. He is a doctor - but patients very rarely thank him for the treatment and, in general, do not want to be treated. He is a father and mother - but does not receive the share of filial love due to every father. Where can he get the strength for everyday inspiration? Only in oneself, only in the consciousness of the greatness of one's work. Everyday life is overwhelmed by the teacher - a plan, a journal, grades, parents, a director, an inspector, petty conversations in the teacher's room, and he must leave all this at the doorstep and enter the children with a lofty soul. This is how Simon Soloveichik writes about the teaching profession in The Last Book (September First, 1999).

Constantly ask yourself if the child is interested in learning, again and again make sure that there are no universal pedagogical recipes, surpass yourself so that the student overcomes the bar of society's requirements. Such is the fate of teachers who, with passion and humility, have dedicated themselves to this profession.

They do not write notes in their diaries that sound like a sentence: “He does not learn anything”, “There is no ability for the subject” ... On the contrary, they do not get tired of reflecting on their work, again and again looking for the answer to the main question: how to support desire in a child to know the world, the desire to learn?

“She said: don’t be afraid that it won’t work”

Maria, 27 years old, journalist

“Elegant, smiling, open - Galina Petrovna struck me from the first meeting. I wanted to go up to her and talk. Everyone was interested in her literature lessons. She also accepted “strange” works: for example, I once wrote a continuation of “Eugene Onegin” instead of an essay. And she brilliantly taught the Russian language. I will never forget the results of the first dictation at the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University. I, a student from Belarus, made three mistakes, and my classmates made 20 and more!

And yet for me the most important thing was that Galina Petrovna could be turned to for any advice. In the 9th grade, I told her about my doubts about the future: then I already worked in a local newspaper, but I wanted something more. And she answered: “Do not be afraid, go to study. Even if it doesn't work, you'll know you at least tried." I remembered her words - and became calmer, more confident, stronger.

I appreciated her and loved her very much: my teacher supported me at a very difficult moment. Then I went to Moscow and entered the university I dreamed of. A few years ago my teacher passed away. But I feel her presence even now, especially in those moments when you need to make a serious decision. When I am afraid or worried about something, I remember this incident from the past and move forward.

Transfer interest

“The desire to learn new things is the desire to learn,” says child psychologist Galiya Nigmetzhanova. “The task of the teacher is to support in the child his desire in the broadest sense - his vital energy, the desire to possess knowledge, to appropriate it for himself.” No persuasion will help here: the desire to learn awakens in a child only when he feels it in an adult.

Of course, you need to help children learn the necessary practical skills: how to better remember the material, how to properly allocate time. But interest in learning new things is transmitted only by personal example, and students can unmistakably feel whether the teacher himself loves the subject that he teaches them.

“Many children get bored with learning when they don’t see the point in the knowledge offered,” continues the child psychologist. “But when a teacher is passionate about their subject, this meaning is revealed to them, even if it is not specifically mentioned.”

“A good teacher is not the one who knows all the answers,” adds Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences Boris Bim-Bad, “but the one who constantly poses new questions. He is not the bearer of truth, but love for it, the embodiment of efforts to find it. Truth for him is a fascinating process. Never completed, but enticing, intriguing. And children are fascinated by this desire to know.”

One on one

Of course, there are many things that make the job of a teacher difficult. They plunge the inexperienced into despair and make the professionals lose faith in themselves. This is the education system with its endless, and often contradictory, directives, which requires conformism from teachers. These are learning difficulties associated with different levels of students in the class, and relationships with their parents.

In addition, children who experience fear of learning often mask it with buffoonery and all sorts of provocations, generating in the teacher a reciprocal - and most often unconscious - fear. Afraid of losing authority, some “tighten the screws”, not caring that boredom or rivalry reigns in the lesson, others, on the contrary, let go of the reins, reducing requirements and thereby depriving children of the opportunity to think, doubt, try. And most importantly - in all these situations, the teacher is alone with his problems.

To cope with the situation, the teacher needs to overcome the desire to always be the master, to be in the center

“In order to cope with the situation, the teacher needs to overcome the desire to always be the master, to be in the center,” Boris Bim-Bad is sure. - It is important to be able to be not above, but next to the child. This provides an opportunity to collaborate with students, leaving them space for independent action.

“On the one hand, a certain amount of authoritarianism is necessary for a teacher, it is precisely such people that are kept in this profession,” reflects Galia Nigmetzhanova. - On the other hand, it is very dangerous to freeze on your pedestal. There is only one cure here - to develop the ability to observe yourself and others, look into yourself, describe your feelings. And stay open with students. Then the teacher will find the causes of his difficulties not in others, but in himself.

"I wanted to be proud"

Gleb, 19 years old, student of VGIK

"All 11 school years physical education in our class was led by Alexei Borisovich and Marina Yurievna, husband and wife. He is a master of sports in gymnastics, she is in figure skating. Our teachers have always been quite strict. But as time went on, we grew up, and our communication became less formal.

At school, I became passionately interested in arm wrestling. My love for sports arose not only because I admired my teachers, but also because of our human relations: good grades, high results - I wanted not to let them down, it was important for me that they were proud of me. For me it is very important now.

The teachers taught me the most important thing - to achieve goals and overcome difficulties. For this I am very grateful to them. Although I did not begin to connect my professional life with sports, I continue to engage in arm wrestling - last year I entered the top five winners at the World Championships in Brazil - and tennis. And now we are connected with Alexei Borisovich and Marina Yurievna not only by common memories or impressions of joint trips, but also by friendship. Sometimes I still turn to them for help.

Miscellaneous abilities

Learning difficulties are not unusual. They are associated with the characteristics of the child's personality, character traits, and the situation in the family. Only when the teacher does not notice, ignores these features, they grow into a real problem. Such teachers prefer to communicate only with strong students, and the weaker ones are relegated to Kamchatka, left to their own devices. Another option is when the teacher knows how to work only with the "middle" and gives in to both those who are lagging behind and those who are advanced.

“One of the main qualities in our profession is the ability to listen and hear each child, enter into a dialogue with him, understand his needs, which he himself is not always aware of,” says literature teacher Sergei Volkov. - Figuratively speaking, I imagine a teacher as a person in a dressing gown with many pockets filled with different tools. And at the right moment, he must get out of his pocket exactly the one that will help this particular child and in this particular situation. The richer his arsenal, the more he is ready for the unknown that awaits him at the entrance to the classroom.

Understanding how different the abilities of students are, wise teachers allow children to go to knowledge in their own way ... and sometimes make mistakes on it - after all, the experience of mistakes is sometimes more valuable than successes. Otherwise, how will a child acquire the ability to think independently?

“Of course, positive assessments are also important in our work,” Sergei Volkov clarifies. “But much more important than a specific assessment can be the thoughts that the child came up with, the feelings that he experienced when communicating in a lesson or studying a subject.” Therefore, a good teacher is not one who does not make mistakes, but who appreciates the progress of his student.

Freedom in spite of

Does a teacher-dictator or a populist teacher feel free? No, their forces are aimed at retaining power over children in the first case and retaining sympathy among children in the second. Meanwhile, as Simon Soloveichik wrote, one of the secrets of great teachers is that “they feel free with children, they do not depend on them. It is precisely because they are free that they respect the child with tremendous force, preserving both unity with him and a sense of distance ... "

“The teacher doesn't need to mimic anything when he enters the classroom,” says Sergei Volkov. - Firstly, children definitely feel this artificiality. Secondly, they more interesting person who is free, who allows himself to be himself in any situation. Then there is a dialogue of people who respect each other - teachers and students. And this means that the children feel free in the classroom, are not afraid to express their opinions and at the same time listen to the opinions of others.

Real educators act contrary to the established requirements and expectations of the system

A good teacher is always difficult. System school education does not at all encourage either the freedom of the teacher or the education of independent-thinking people. As Boris Bim-Bad says, the school as a whole “is focused on replicating people who obey, so real teachers act contrary to the established requirements and expectations of the system”

Nevertheless, teachers have always been, are and will be. Meeting them for a child is priceless. That is why Boris Bim-Bad recommends that parents focus not on a prestigious school, but first of all look for a good teacher, who may also work in the most ordinary school.

What should it be?

We offered to answer this question to the visitors of our site. A good teacher must first of all be passionate about his subject - this is the opinion of the majority of survey participants, 67%. And this answer coincides with the opinion of our experts. Such qualities as the ability to explain the material - 14%, readiness to use non-standard methods - 8%, take care of their students - 4%, exactingness and the ability to maintain discipline in the classroom - 2% were mentioned much less frequently. It’s not that these qualities are unimportant, but parents value the child’s interest in learning the most.

About the expert

Galiya Nigmetzhanova, child psychologist, lecturer at Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov, leading specialist of the Moscow psychological center family support "Contact".

We live in amazing time: the world around us is changing very quickly almost beyond recognition. Therefore, a teacher working with the younger generation must be prepared to:

Change. This is the hardest but necessary condition the existence of a complete person.
Admit your mistakes. Only those who do nothing do not make mistakes. The teacher is definitely not one of them.
Develop. If earlier the picture of the world did not change over the course of several generations, now everything is developing so rapidly that, as she said Black queen in Alice Through the Looking Glass, in order to stay in place, you need to "run as fast as you can."

The teacher must also understand how they live modern students. You can not love Face or Ivangai, but not knowing who these people are means falling behind life.

In addition, the teacher should remember that modern children are different. They live in, they do not have a cult of an adult. These are the qualities that a modern teacher should have in order to be useful and enjoy the results of his work.

1. Respect for children

Usually they say: "A teacher must love children." But such a formulation is too abstract and inevitably becomes an occasion for speculation. Love is very multifaceted. This is both connivance, and, conversely, drill (“Beats - it means loves”). Unclear. But with respect, everything is much easier.

Respecting a student means seeing him as a subject, not a blank slate.

2. Tolerance

All people are different. Sometimes a person irritates us just because he is different: he put on his cap in the wrong way, looks the wrong way. But is it worth paying attention to this if he behaves naturally and does not violate the norms of morality? The same can be said about the right of a person to his own opinion.

If we are talking about questions that cannot be given the only correct answer, then one should not immediately dismiss original and unexpected proposals. They may be more suitable than the standard ones. Children are not as spoiled as adults and can think freely.

Recognize the student's right to be different. And maybe you will raise a new Einstein.

3. Understanding that the teacher is providing a service

For some reason, this point is most outraged by teachers and many parents. Maybe it's about authority. The teacher - it sounds proudly, and the services are provided by hairdressers and movers. It's undignified!

4. Willingness to gain credibility with real things

It's useless to scare. Today's children do not experience fear of what people who survived the "scoop" are afraid of.

5. Sense of Boundary

This applies to both psychological boundaries (“do not climb into the soul”), and one’s own knowledge. After all, children are more competent than teachers in some areas.

6. Understanding your mission

The teacher should only give useful knowledge, which cannot be simply googled (and if you can, then the teacher is most likely wasting time).

7. Self-criticism

If the teacher analyzes his activity and thinks about how to make it better, he will achieve a lot. Everyone is wrong. Including cool adult uncles and aunts. And the sooner children realize this, the better.

8. Self-irony

The ability to be frivolous and make jokes about yourself is a necessary component of what is called stress tolerance. And just excellent quality for life in .

Self-irony allows you to defuse the situation, get distracted and move on to solving complex issues.

Of course, all this is difficult to achieve in conditions where pennies are allocated for education. Unfortunately, schools often have no choice, and they are forced to take whoever they have to. Nevertheless, one should strive for the ideal.

What do you think? What should be a modern teacher? Write in the comments.

What does a good teacher mean? First of all, this is a person who loves children, finds joy in communicating with them, believes that every child can be considered a good person, knows how to be friends with children, takes children's joys and sorrows to heart, knows the soul of a child, never forgets, that he himself was a child. A real teacher teaches both with words and with all his behavior, and ultimately with all fate. Such teachers are called Teachers, spiritual mentors.

A good teacher is, secondly, a person who knows the science well, on the basis of which the subject he teaches is built, who is in love with it, who knows its horizons - latest discoveries, research, achievements.A good teacher knows many times more than the high school curriculum provides.

A good teacher is, thirdly, a person who knows psychology and pedagogy, understands and feels that it is impossible to work with children without knowledge of the science of education.

A good teacher is, fourthly, a person who has perfect skills in a particular work activity, a master of his craft.

(V.A. Sukhomlinsky)

Portrait of a good teacher.

A real teacher teaches with words, and with all his behavior, and ultimately with all fate.

Such teachers are called Teachers, spiritual mentors.

Qualities that a good teacher should have.

1. A good psychologist.

2. Do not strive to always present yourself only in a favorable light.

3. Be able to get to the truth in a person.

4. Teach with your whole life, with all your actions.

5. Do not hang your head in case of failure.

6. Wish yourself and all students Good. beauty. Health.

7. Smile! A smile costs nothing, but gives a lot. A smile is a rest for the tired, daylight for those who are discouraged, the best antidote created by nature from troubles and stresses.

8. Try to praise the child for any change for the better in the child's behavior.

9. Talk to the student in …….. respect and cooperation.

10. Avoid empty threats.

11. Refrain from shouting, threats and offensive words - they can only increase hostility, hatred and a sense of protest in children.

12. Try not to express preference to one of the children.

Golden code.

1. Teach, for you are a teacher.

2. Do not judge, for you are not a judge.

3. Love your colleagues - everyone and everyone.

4. Love other people's objects as your own.

5. Avoid bossy love, but do not refuse favor.

6. Take note of the anger of the boss, but not to heart.

7. Do not be clever in front of the parents of your students, for they are their parents, not us.

8. Do not tremble for gratitude from anyone.

9. Do not be deceived by the love of students, for they will have other teachers, and you will have students.

10. Do not prophesy to your disciples, for it is not given to you to know what will be and what will not be.

And truly happy will be that one of you whom someday someone will call his Teacher. A teacher with a capital letter.

Always keep the following points in mind:

Time is not only money.
Time is more important than money.
Time is something like life itself.
Time is irreversible.
Time cannot be multiplied.
Time cannot be transferred.
Time passes irrevocably.
The most important thing in your life is, ultimately, your time.
Remind yourself every morning, “Today begins the first day of the rest of my life!”
And if so, then live in time consciously and find time for important things.

Finding time to work is the key to success.

Take time to reflect - it's a source of strength.

Finding time to play is the secret to youth.

Take time to read - this is the basis of knowledge.

Find time for friendship is a condition of happiness.

Take time to dream - this is the way to the stars.

Find time for love - this is the true joy of life.

Find time for fun - this is the muse of the soul.

Take time to "sharpen your saw".

Remember that the one who lets his time slip away is letting his life out of his hands, the one who holds his time in his hands holds his life in his hands.

(Alan Lacaine)