Test: Teaching: Nature, Objective, Characteristics and Basic Requirements - CUET Humanities MCQ

The greatest cause of failure of a new teacher is in the area of interpersonal relations. If the teacher is not able to develop a bond or relationship with the students, she will be rejected by the students and will face a lot of hardships.

It is said that a teacher is a friend, philosopher and guide because a teacher plays all these vital roles in respect of pupils. It is based on the intent and capacity that a teacher possesses, exposed to which, a student is influenced to make a positive difference in his own life as well as in the society and the world at large.

Allowing the students to make mistakes is important for them to learn problem solving skills, to be responsible and to make certain decisions on their own.
If students are instructed on everything and are not allowed to make mistakes, they may lose self confidence, stop trying new things and even become rebellious.

Refusing to help children unless they have tried themselves is the characteristic of an effective teacher.
It is better to try and fail than not try at all. A teacher must let the children try to do things and also to handle problems/situations in a controlled environment.

It is based on personal choice of a teacher whether to take interest in politics or not. He/she is not expected to do so.

Some games, like some real situations, are intensely competitive, where an individual or a team has to compete against someone else. In case of a team, cooperation among members is of paramount importance to reach the objective or to deal with any issue effectively, So, both these skills are required to excel in different real life situations. A teacher must know what would bring out the best in the students and ensure the same.

The root to eliminate issues in the classroom is to identify the reason for a particular behaviour. Only then the issue could be resolved. The teacher must know the cause of misbehaviour, which could arise out of some confusion within the students, and the teacher then can effectively solve the problem. This also helps the teacher to make interpersonal relationship with the students, as a result of which the students confide more in their teacher.

School principal fulfils many roles and dealing with students' disruptive behaviour is among the least preferred by them. So, the teacher must try to discipline the students using various means like assigning responsibility to the undisciplined, finding out the underlying cause of his behaviour, and so on. Only after she has done everything without any effect on the student should she send the student to the principal.

A teacher's primary responsibility lies in planning educational experience of students. Effective teachers pose real, substantive problems for learners and set explicit expectations for learning. They actively engage students in learning and draw on a variety of resources, including innovative technologies and the students' own lives, communities and prior knowledge to support these efforts. This helps the students to gain real insight into the life, and are able to gain experience.

Teaching profession is a 'mission', rather than a job. A teacher may not find the affirmation of his/her career choice in salary, administrators or even the students whom he/she teaches, but he/she must believe in the uncanny ability of a good teacher to positively impact the future and to leave lasting, indelible marks on those who will one day be the leaders in all facets of society. It is this power in the hands of a teacher that translates to big responsibility. A teacher who realises these things is on a mission to empower, enable and to make a positive difference.

The teacher should provide an overview of the main points before launching into the body of the speech. This tunes the mind of the students to capture information, which the teacher is about to provide to the students. The overview helps creating interest in the subject being taught, and the student anticipates things which he is about to learn, along with the combination of his previous knowledge and experience.

Successful teachers are those who have the ability to maximise the learning potential of all students in their class. Developing positive relationships between a teacher and student is a fundamental aspect of quality teaching and student learning. In order to develop rapport with pupils, a teacher should behave with them in a democratic way, guide them, and he should have communicative ability.
Gillespie recognised that the inherent qualities of a student-teacher relationship (caring, knowing, trust and mutual respect) and a teacher's rapport with students results in a classroom environment where students are affirmed and supported to achieve their best.

A teacher needs to vary his/her pitch according to the situation. She may use a high or a low pitch. Intonation has been always considered an important aspect of communication. The positive intonation proved to have a dramatic effect on the learning rate of students. The students learn much faster when the vocal part of the message is positive than when it is neutral.

As a student goes through his/ her academic career, attitudes about subject matter can be strongly influenced by a teacher's attitude about that particular student. If a student receives positive feedback from teachers then the student will probably try harder, which should translate into more academic success. If a student is being unfairly singled out because a teacher has a hidden bias, then success becomes increasingly difficult, and it becomes hard to keep that student positively motivated. However, an effective teacher should have the same attitude towards every student and cannot give differential treatment to different students.

Disciplinary issues come up when a teacher fails to engage students in a meaningful and constructive programme. The nature of students is volatile. They are easily distracted by things. Only a constructive programme could help them gain attention towards the meaningful tasks conducted in the classroom, so that their mind remains occupied to the most productive tasks.