Basic Elements For An Ideal Teacher

By Ashaq Hussain Wani

Society is a great chain of human relationships where thousands and millions of people

live with different abilities. In his own place, where every skilled and talented person belonging

to different profession has a special and unique position in society, the teacher related to

teaching profession is also highly respected. As we know that the establishment of a civilized

human society has not come into existence automatically, but for the construction of this

society, removing illiteracy and establishing the atmosphere of knowledge and awareness is

necessary and in this connection, obviously we cannot ignore the importance of the teacher in

the construction and creation of such an environment. The importance of the teacher in the

society is very important to express and transfer knowledge and awareness not only to the

present but also to the future generations.

The four basic elements for an ideal teacher are:

High Intelligence: The intelligence of the teacher is very important in determining the new

method of education and setting learning standards. A good teacher transmits the attitude of

thinking and curiosity in the student by brings his knowledge and ability through his writings,

speech and realistic experiences that are highly related to education. The high intelligence of a

teacher does not mean that he should have a high degree of education, but it is condition that

entities a person to the position of a teacher. In fact the essential thing in a teacher is that in

terms of education, his intelligence and ability should be comprehensive in details and well

established in depth. His thoughts and ideas with respect to education, his perspective should

be high rather than obsolete. His art of teaching should be very good and satisfying. His

conscience should be academically active and free from boredom and in this educational detail

the part that will be missed in the life of teacher will be left incomplete in educational

development of student. The intelligence of a teacher is actually a combination of those

abilities in the teacher by means of which he recognise the secret power of talent, spirit and

potential in a student and tries to develop him on the path on which he is expected to have a

bright future and bringing educational maturity in the students mind, the teacher transfer an

particular attitude of curiosity and thoughts with his academic power and by this he made the

student aware of every method, every observation and every experiment and in this way the

student becomes academically self-sufficient in the field of knowledge, and of course, going

forward one day he becomes prominent scholar and researcher of nation.

The right way of teaching: A good teacher is not bound by blind imitations but has some

principles in hand which he himself develops as an educator and the art of his teaching remains

always simple but unique and this helps the student in creating a good interest in education

and academic curiosity. The best teacher present any subject in the curriculum be it scientific,

literary, social, political or moral in a way that students really enjoy and not became bored.

Before teaching, the teacher creates an academic atmosphere in accordance with the subject

provide hints and other metaphors and difficult words are tried to explain with good examples

which made the leaning easy for students. A good teacher while explaining answer to the

question does not limit the scope of the answer only to the syllabus, but also increase the

knowledge of the student by bringing all those relevant questions which are outside the subject

in lesson. But it is also unfortunate that sometimes we see the teacher limits the answer only to

the extent of syllabus and student not learn then properly and when the examinee takes the

question out of depth of subject and asks the student to answer it, he became unable to

answer. The second thing is language aspect and the teacher should take care of the language

while teaching as the ability to understand the student in their mother language is not possible

with any other language. This is a reason that when an intellectual, scholar or writer presented

his creation writing, lecture or speech before the people, he proffered and tried his own

language.

Personal life of teacher: The personal life of teacher cannot be ignored as he is considered

the architect of nation. In fact the student’s path of success is determined by teacher. The daily

workings of teacher in school or out of school and his behaviour, manners and actions are

actually education to student. Therefore, it is important that the ideas of the teacher should be

good in values and teacher cannot be expected to make such a mistake that leaves a negative

massage on the behaviour of students. A teacher’s life is watched by his students and therefore

should be interesting and inspiring. Unfortunately, some teachers sometimes show obvious

signs with respect to their profession and it feels that they are ignorant of their profession. For

this reason, the personal life of teacher that is relevant to students should also be simple and

attractive and his main aim should be focus on the future of the students. With the best

companionship of a teacher, the student reaches his goal and if the student becomes bound to

unethical behaviour, he becomes so only when the teacher pays no heed in his education or

training. The teacher is like a tree whose fruits are his students and whatever the tree is in its

effectiveness the same will be found in it too and similarly if the teacher is full of wisdom then

of course the students will also looks same.

The responsible teacher is always concerned about the future of students. He always

want his students in class and on seeing someone absent he tries to search him and sometimes

helps poor students of his class so that he remain connected with education as such teacher is

aware of the value of education.

Avoid private Tuition: The private tuition not only lead to the deterioration education

system in schools and colleges but has also affected the standard of intelligence and

competence of the student. The private tuition on one hand has created an obstacle for

students to understand their studies, on the other hand, it has also eliminated the mental

capacity of thinking, and examining and experimenting which would have provide students the

opportunity to think on their own on any subject and try to find answers like why, how and

when. The maximum curiosity about anything teaches the basic nature of that thing and it does

not take long to explain the truth of that subject but this intellectual attitude of curiosity does

not develop in the student when this is taken away from him by private tuition. An excellent

teacher teaches students in schools and colleges in such a way that he does not feel the need

for private coaching or tuition and by doing so the teacher does not allow education to be

overshadowed by wealth.

Therefore, while appointing any person a teacher, one should pay special attention to

his intelligence and ability and ensure the basic factors are present in him or not otherwise, it

would be simply the distribution of wealth than appointing a teacher as we saw in some

previous schemes.

By Ashaq Hussain Wani