What or who is the best teacher?

by Michele M. Stewart

If you take an objective step back and seriously consider the question: What or who is the best teacher, you will come up with a couple of different points of view. There are many different teachers in the world. Parent...read more

by Audrey Gilger

As we take our first breath, we begin to learn. Our first and best teachers are our parents. From them we learn what love feels like, how to get food and what to do to get a hug. Our parents teach immeasurably more th...read more

by Hussain El Zubair

This question is somewhat general; and that is why the responses came suggesting numerous teachers and concepts of teaching/learning. If we are talking about learning the basic educational skills then the teacher is the on...read more

by John Graham

THE BEST TEACHERS At the earliest age parents are the best teachers. Apart from the functions of living, eating, sleeping and cleanliness, they have large responsibilities for teaching their children and there is no one...read more

by Sumithra Sharatkumar

Well, if this question were to be answered in one sentence, I would just say, "Life is the best teacher." That may sound trite, but it is true. Well, look back on your life and recall all the classmates who studied wit...read more

by Chris Betcher

I receieved an email today with a wonderful quote from Eric Hoffer about the nature of learning "In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a ...read more

by J.M. Schell

Teach, and They Shall Learn. Straight out of the Edu handbook, some teachers claim it's "ACTION!" that gets kids excited about poetry. Teaching students to develop an understanding of such things as theme and intent in...read more

by Derek Rogers

If we absorbed all, or even most, of life's lessons much of man's suffering would be avoided. The truth is of course that life's basic lessons are largely ignored and so axiomatically, the mistakes of the past must be cons...read more

by Sherry Bentley-Short

The greatest teacher for each individual is different. Some people get into trouble with the law and then that taught them not to do it again. some people may find that the greatest teacher was an individual that taug...read more

by Jacqueline Acevedo

The Characteristics of an Effective Reading Teacher and Principles that Support Children's Literacy Development. The question of what is an effective teacher is probably as old as teaching itself. In fact, teaching m...read more

by Jamestowncalif.com

National Education News by jamestowncalif.com 06/16/07 08:17:49 pm Aerospace News Patent/ideas for the future of education written by James Ameen J. 6/16/07 Saturday The US Education system has failed the youth fr...read more

by Charles Martinez

In today's modern trend in education, there are numerous teachers who are still in the cluster of vibrant and intellectual teachers. In our case, as one employed in a government school or institution , there is what we cal...read more

by Thomas Woody

Don't you ever wear Old Spice into my classroom again!" Her edict was simple and to the point, issued from a whiskey, gravelly mouth, liberally smeared with a brilliant shade of lipstick, wreaking of Viceroy cigarettes, ...read more

by Edward Raymond

A teacher is one who indoctrinates you into subject matter in order to allow you to grasp and find out what that subject can do for you and those you care about. A great teacher will make sure that you experience these le...read more

by Sebastian Ramshackle III

Many years ago, before the age of the Internet, when the world was relatively simple, a teacher of mine had all his pupils learn a short piece of prose that resonated with me. It have always remembered the beginning: 'Book...read more

by Daniel Schmidt

The best teacher is not an easy pair of shoes to fill. The adage once went 'experience is the best teacher'. Though this may be true, Teachers and those of us in whatever education department we find ourselves in would lik...read more

by Charlotte Hansen

What a question for a teacher. I taught English and Spanish in high school for 23 years and tried many different methods. Seems the best is ACTION. That's right - ACTION. Whatever is being learned is absorbed best when ...read more

by Harry Flanigan

The best teacher what a question. The best teacher would have to be someone who could care for every student in the same way and make sure that everyone has achievable tasks to reach. I am a very young writer and I am stil...read more

by Katherine Sims

The best teacher is Life itself. There are so many things happening in our lives that we get to learn much more easier from life itself, rather than from anyone else. We learn to laugh, cry, understand, create, destroy, lo...read more

by Courtney Caswell-Peyton

We all have our favorite teachers. It might be the eighth grade social studies teacher that helped us not to hate history. Or it could be the stupendous Shapers scholar who recognized our talent. But everyone knows that...read more