Friday, April 24, 2015

What makes a good teacher "student responses"

I ask my students at the beginning of each semester "what makes a good teacher" here are some of their responses


  1. “not being boring”
  2. “I think when they help students in anything they need to achieve and make good grades”
  3. “ A good teacher can be themselves and make things simpler for students to understand”
  4. “A teacher who pushes her students to do better”
  5. “A teacher who breaks complicated things down without having a bad attitude with it”
  6. “Helping students out when they need it”
  7. “someone that teaches right”
  8. “A teacher who understand a student, and why they do things, and helps those who want to be helped”
  9. “someone who is fair”
  10. “fairness, kindnes, creativity and consideration”
  11. “a good teacher is one that helps you through school when you are doing bad”
  12. “every teacher is good, some just get mad easy”
  13. “nagging till the students gets tired of the teacher saying something so they do it”
  14. “being nice and helping”
  15. “one who is nice and explains something if someone doesn’t get it”
  16. “someone that is your friend but also pushes you”
  17. “having respect for students and helping students”
  18. “A teacher that can explain really good”
  19. “being helpful and loves their job
  20. “being kind”
  21. “interacts with students and explains everything carefully”
  22. “teaches so you can understand it”
  23. “being creative and fun”
  24. “someone that can tell Im struggling and provides extra help”
  25. “to be fun and cool”
  26. “when they take the time out to learn their students”
  27. “A teacher that can keep my attention”
  28. “they let us do what we want to do”
  29. “A teacher that can go over their lesson in good detail with examples”
  30. “funny”
  31. “knows their subject well”
  32. “to make the class fun”
  33. “being nice to students”
  34. “Being able to joke around and have fun with students from time to time”
  35. “positive, nonjudgmental, motivational, willing to help and be descriptive”
  36. “being more hands on rather than just giving notes and tests”
  37. “one that listens to you, helps you, encourages you to do better, also one that can be funny but also nice and strict”
  38. “being good to the students and understanding”
  39. “dedication”
  40. “The way they teach and explain it”
  41. “nice, and knows how to manage a class”
  42. “A teacher that explains everything step by step”
  43. “when they cool and chill and have fun”
  44. “laid back and rarely gives homework”
  45. “helps you everyday when you need it?”
  46. “Nice way to speak to students and jokes around”
  47. “A teacher that likes to have fun”
  48. “good at talking to students”
  49. “someone who takes their time to teach”
  50. “attitude”