Top 10 Criteria of Good Teaching
Criteria of Good Teaching
Good or effective teaching is a ‘contested concept’ with varying definitions. Numerous attempts have been made to identify these characteristics, using a variety of theoretical perspectives, from qualitative and quantitative approaches, from various disciplinary standpoints and from the student’s point of view, but there is no universally accepted definition of effective teaching.
Effective teaching has been broadly understood as teaching that is oriented to and focused on students and their learning.
Let us point out some criteria of good teaching as below:-
1. Teaching
activity need to be focused on meeting student’s future needs, implying the
development in students of generic capabilities such as critical thinking,
teamwork and communication skills, amongst others.
2. Students
must have a thorough understanding of fundamental concepts even if that means
less content is covered.
3. The
relevance of what is taught must be established by using real life, current
and/or local examples and by relating theory to practice.
4. Student’s
beliefs must be challenged to deal with misconception.
5. A
variety of learning tasks that engage students, including student discussion,
need to occur in order that meaningful learning takes place.
6. Genuine,
empathetic relationships with individual students should be established so that
interaction can takes place.
7. Teachers
should motivate students through displaying their own enthusiasm, encouraging
students and providing interesting, enjoyable and active classes.
8. Curriculum
design should ensure that aims, concepts, learning activities and assessments
are consistent with achieving learning outcomes related to future student
needs.
9. Each
lesson must be thoroughly planned but flexible so that necessary adaptations
may be made based on feedback during the class.
10. Assessment must be consistent with the desired
learning outcomes and should, therefore, be authentic tasks for the discipline
or profession.
While many criterions for effective teaching are confirmed by various scholars, an additional key criterion is that, teaching designs should meet future needs of the students with regard to curriculum as well as learning outcomes.
