![]() ![]() We can, whenever and wherever we choose, successfully teach all children whose schooling is of interest to us. The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task. Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. In teaching we rely on the naturals, the ones who somehow know how to teach. Teaching is the only major occupation.for which we have not developed tools that make an average person capable of competence and performance. Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. ![]() The teacher’s task is to initiate the learning process and then get out of the way.Įffective teaching may be the hardest job there is.Ī pro is someone who can do great work when he doesn't feel like it.Įducation.is a painful, continual, and difficult work to be done in kindness, by watching, by praise, but above all, by example. Teaching is an instinctual art, mindful of potential, craving of realizations, a pausing, seamless process. Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty. The need for imagination, as a sense of truth, and as a feeling of responsibility - these are the three forces which are the very nerve of education. The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught as that every child should be given the wish to learn. Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater. In an effective classroom, students should not only know what they are doing, they should also know why and how. Good teaching must be slow enough so that it is not confusing, and fast enough so that it is not boring. ![]()
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