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Teacher Education

Notes affective Teacher are as follows:
• He is trustworthy • He is enthusiastic
• He is energetic • He is responsible
• He keeps promises, agreements • He sets a good examples
• He possesses appropriate behaviour • He stimulates interest
• He has knowledge and presents it with clarity • He relates well interpersonally
• He attributes success to effort and failure to lack of effort
• He enjoy patient care and teaching
2.1.2 Identification of the Successful Teacher
A person who is considered a good teacher by his students is not necessarily judged in the same way
by her principal, supervisor, colleagues, the parents of his students or the students themselves years
after they have left her class. Even within a particular class during a given school year his pupils are
likely to disagree among themselves about the quality of his instruction of the value of her efforts
on their behalf. A bright student for example would probably not rate a teacher as would a dull
student.
Among the most frequently mentioned criteria are as follows:
1. Mastery of subject matter. 2. Motivation
3. Dedication 4. Cooperation
5. Sense of humour 6. Creativity
7. Disciplinary 8. Academic standards
9. Promptness with reports 10. Efficient methodology and
11. Generosity with personal time in assisting students.
Classification of Effective Teacher Traits: Barry has organized these words into a list of fifteen
qualities, with the components of, or synonymous of each they are:
1. Buoyancy: Talkativeness, sense of humour, pleasantness carefulness, alertness, idealism,
2. Considerations: Concern for the feeling and well being of others, sympathy, understanding,
unselfishness, patience, helpfulness.
3. Cooperativeness: Friendliness, easy goingness, geniality, generousness, adaptability,
flexibility, responsiveness, charitable.
4. Emotional Stability: Realism in facing life's problems freedom from emotional upsets,
constancy, poise, self-control.
5. Ethicalness: Good taste, modernity, morality refinement, cultural polish, conventionality.
2.2 Concept of Teacher Effectiveness

The term "Teacher Effectiveness" is very ambiguous and it is difficult to define. It is a relative term
and consist of two words-Teacher and Effectiveness. The 'Teacher' means a person who has a
teaching skills effectiveness means promptness, competency and professional qualities of teaching.
2.2.1 Current Approaches for Teacher Effectiveness
There are two current approaches: Model the master teacher and master the teaching model—
(i) Model the Master Teacher and
(ii) Master the Teaching Model
(i) Model the Master Teacher: There are various approaches to teacher education. One of them is
called as 'Model the Master Teacher'. This approach linked to the craft apprenticeship concept,
is referred to by Stolurow (1965). The 'master teacher' is considered as the master craftsman
and student teaching is viewed as a programme of initiation in which the master teacher's

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