Wednesday, January 27, 2010

TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS


Teacher effectiveness is the ability of the teacher helps the student get high level achivement.Clearly,no single indicator can describe teacher effectivness,but a combination of indicators can draw fairly.Every effective teacher should have content knowledge and pedagocical skills to get succes in education.
First of all, content knowledge plays huge role in the teaching filed.Teachers` content knowledge makes a big difference in their instarctural practices and their students achivements.In mathematics, more knowledgeable teachers are able present soutlion of the problem that is familier to the students and to link problems to what students have already learned.They also can expalin alternative ways or methods to the different levels of the students or give additional information.In contrast, teacher with less knowledge may have difficulties to explain solutions of the problem or to find out correct answers without textbook.Another important indicator of teacher effectiveness os pedagigical skills.An effective and an efficient teacher can use special teaching methods and techniques in their subject area to create a special learning enviroment in which students feel comfortable and are sure that they ccan reach their academic and personal goals.Thecher with these skills can find the appriprote methods which can attract students` attention depending their age and interest.For example,hands on activities,smart board,discussion groups,healthy compettitions are the most common teching tecniques which demonstrate teachers` teaching abilities to encourage students to get a succesfull life.In conclusion,teacher quality is realted to teachers` subject knowledge and the teaching abilities.

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