BASIC SKILLS OF A TEACHER


1.    FUNCTIONAL SKILL: This involves the skill of a teacher in planning, organizing, controlling, communicating, motivating, developing and managing.

2.    ADAPTIVE SKILLS: Skills like creativity, dependability, resourcefulness, persuasiveness, discipline, memory, perceptiveness and other personal skills related to self-management

3.    PROFESSIONAL SKILLS: This refers to skills a kin to work content. It includes the teacher‘s knowledge of the subject matter to be taught, as well as his understanding of philosophical, psychological, legal, social, historical dimensions of education

a.    The professional teacher possesses an in-depth understanding of the principles governing human behavior.

b.    The professional teacher exhibits attitudes that poster learning and authentic human relationship.

B.1 attitude towards him/himself

B.2 attitude towards others

B.3 attitude towards peers, superiors, and parents

B.4 attitude towards the subject matter

c.    The professional teacher possesses mastery of the subject matter

d.    The professional teacher must possesses the competency to facilitate learning through appropriate teaching skills

e.    The professional teacher must be able to translate knowledge into practical/reality


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