This section explores those factors that make a teacher effective. Recent research reveals that most variation in overall school effectiveness is due to classroom level factors rather than school level factors. For these reasons it is important to try to identify what makes an effective teacher.
Aspects of effective teaching include:
- having a positive attitude
- the development of a pleasant social / psychological climate in the classroom
- having high expectations of what pupils can achieve
- lesson clarity
- effective time management
- strong lesson structuring
- the use of a variety of teaching methods
- using and incorporating pupil ideas
- using appropriate and varied questioning.
However, effective teaching methods are context specific. What is needed for a teacher to be effective can vary depending upon factors such as:
- the type of activity in the lesson
- the subject matter
- the pupil backgrounds (such as age, ability, sex, socio-economic status and ethnicity)
- the pupils' personal characteristics (such as personality, learning style, motivation and self-esteem)
- the culture / organisation of the department, school and LEA.
This section examines how to build up, encourage and nuture many of the aspects that make an effective teacher.
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