What makes a teacher great?
Here are 9 qualities of a great teacher:
1. Show that you care about your students as people.
2. Know your subject matter in more depth than will be expected of your students. Thus, you can answer difficult questions they may have.
3. Project your confidence that your students are capable of learning the material.
4. Teach critical thinking. Do not insist that they agree with you but be able to defend their position.
5. Help students understand and can use what they learn and not merely memorize things.
6. Be fair.
7. Teach students how to learn by telling them about research-proven methods.
8. Be interesting.
9. Maintain classroom decorum.
Peter M. Hartmann, MD
Family Medicine & Psychiatry
