Today modern teacher skills are a broad area of consideration. Teachers know that they must adapt new qualities to transforming the education system. As we already know that the students of this generation also possess many skills it is also a challenge for the teachers of this generation to also possess certain skills which are better than the students in order to match the level and the quality of the students of the current generation. The basic qualities of a teacher of all time is time management skills, lesson plan making skill, parents teachers interaction and others. Technology also interrupts itself into the lives of the students and rewires their brains. It affects the learning of the students and also creates a new kind of student with different expectations for learning.
As students are well equipped with the current technology and media the requirements of the teachers also change according to time. The teachers also need to adapt new technology and techniques in their teaching process, teacher should be global minded and should accept all the technology that is required. Few essential qualities for a modern teacher are as follows:
- CREATIVITY: It is essential for the teacher to be creative enough as the students whom he/she is teaching are all well-equipped in today’s technology. So creative teachers bring more to classroom rather than just knowledge of teaching. Teachers should also be educated in other fields as well.
- GLOBAL MINDSET: Technology has broken down many barriers. The classroom and the market place are global now. The way we look at things has changed in the recent times, the new way of looking at things and how we learn about it has also changed. Considering this fact, it is also required for a teacher to change the mindset and start thinking globally and rationally.
- A DESIRE TO LEARN: it is the duty of a teacher to create a desire to learn in the minds of the students. Hence, the teacher should create an atmosphere for the students in a way that the students are ready to learn and their minds are already set in the desire of learning new idea and methods.
- GUIDE: a teacher should not only be a teacher in the classroom but also should be a guide to students in and out of the classroom, a guide not only guiding the students in the educational field but also guide them towards the extra curriculum activities and engage them in others activities in and out of the school environment.
So, the teacher should possess all the essential qualities in order to be a full fledged teacher and a guide and a supporting hand for their students. These not only inherit the qualities of a good teacher but also helps the students grow up as a complete individuals.
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