Year: 2022 | Month: April | Volume 13 | Issue 1
What Makes an Effective Teacher in the 21st Century?
Mohammad Hasan
Afroz Zaheer
DOI:10.30954/2230-7311.1.2022.5
Abstract:
Present article aims to discuss issues related how to become an effective teacher in the 21st century? Significant numbers of research studies have already been conducted and have dealt the area related to qualities of effective teacher at length. But majority of existing studies have mentioned the qualities of teachers limited to subject knowledge, pedagogical skills, classroom management, organisational skills, skills of using ICTs, orientation to child psychology and philosophy of teaching. As it is obvious that students of present century are more aspirants with competitive temperament as compared to students of decades ago, and they expect their aspirations to be realised and fulfilled. An ordinary teacher may not be able to help them is such aspects as they may not be having certain personal and professional qualities needed to deal. Only an effective teacher imbibed with the 21st century teachers’ qualities may be in position to pacify the needs of the students of this century. The question is that what would be the qualities of an effective teacher? In reply, this article has made an attempt not only to incorporate the related studies’ suggestions into it but also suggested and mentioned certain essential qualities like trustworthy, passionate, committed, good planner, visionary, optimistic, facilitator and so on needed to become an effective teacher.
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