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    Teaching is not only a job but is a way of life. It is a sublime task one can ever be entrusted with.

    Teachers educate generations of learners and in their hands lays the faith of any nation. A well
    developed country is a country whose citizens are well educated and this is done only by
    effective teaching strategies.
    Teachers have also their peaks and valleys, happy moments and sad times. A small conjugal
    problem can severely affect how a teacher perform in the classroom. Teaching is such a sensitive
    job that embodies the entire societal, intellectual, and cultural values and being an effective
    teacher is a challenge that every single player in this field recognizes as the most daunting task.
    Leading a successful teaching job requires a high sense of adaptability, for what used to be a
    successful teacher in the 20th century is now an outdated teacher in the 21st century. Most of us,
    who are still practising, have started with a certain teaching strategy only to end up with a
    complete different one. Teaching is a job that is extremely prone to every bit of change in society
    and unless we equip ourselves and our students with the right swimming suit we
    will definitely be swept away by the power of torrents.
    One of the pivotal facts we should keep in mind is that we teach in a different milieu, a digitally
    focused environment where technology has the lion's share. This means that we need the relevant
    digital skills that can help us seamlessly blend in and leverage the power of technology to
    improve both teaching and learning. This list of 21st century digital skills every educator should
    have will empower you with the right tools to start with.
    Are digital skills the only key elements needed for us to be labelled effective teachers
    ? Definitely not. There are also certain practices that we should develop to accompany this
    progress. Below is a list of some of the most important teaching practices we need to maintain.
    Whether you are an experienced teacher or a newly fledged one, these practices will help you
    focus your teaching and have bigger impact on your students. Some are about attitudes, while
    others are basic approaches to class structure, but they are all great and helpful.

    1- Maintain good communication skills


    A successful teacher is one that is able to build a rapport with his /her students, one that can
    easily connect with his learners and feel their needs as individuals. Open and clear
    communication is the key to develop a healthy friendly learning atmosphere inside your class.

    2- Getting students engagement


    There is nothing as challenging as getting students engagement and holding their attention.
    Today's students are multitasked and can hardly maintain a long concentration. They can easily
    get bored and therefore disconnected. There are many ways you can fight off this problem : Use
    interesting educational games and activities, use technology and multimedia resources and
    finally make your teaching student-centred and try your maximum to relate what you teach to
    students immediate environment.

    3- Use Humour
    Relevant doses of humour to spice up your teaching are highly recommended. Forget about the
    authoritative and coercive style of teaching , for experience proved that it only disheartens
    learners and kills their motivation. Use humour at appropriate times; this can lead to students
    engagement and build up their confidence. You need, however, to maintain the right balance
    between instruction and joking and don't let your whole class become an hour long comedy
    routine. Avoid the off-colour jokes and be sensitive to the cultural backgrounds of your students.

    4- Act don't react


    Students are very smart and it is part of their juvenile nature to try to get you. You are, for them,
    like a computer screen, they keep trying out all the keyboard buttons to find your weak point.
    Learn their game and play it with them carefully. Sometimes ignoring a disruptive behaviour is
    way better than reacting to it and in case it becomes repetitive or serious then make sure to talk it
    out with the student involved alone and not in front of the whole class.

    5- Be clear and precise in your instructions


    Remember you are teaching digitally focused students with short attention span. Several of the
    problems some teachers face are due to ambiguous and unclear instructions. Cut off on the
    clutter and be to the point. Show them the red lines and explain to them classroom ethics and
    what you can tolerate.

    6- Give room to individualized learning


    Not all students are equal in their comprehensive powers. Students learn in different ways, like
    seeing, hearing, and experiencing things at first hand. Research has even proved that students can
    perform better on test if they change study habits to fit their own personal learning
    styles.Therefore, some students are slow learners and others are quick, some kinesthetic ( learn
    by experience or doing ) others are auditory or visual. Keep these considerations in your mind
    and do your best to tend to every kind of learner you might have in your class.

    7- Positive feedback
    " good job, excellent,..ect" are simple words that might not mean anything to you but they mean
    the whole world to students. Think back to the days when you were a student and how a positive
    feedback from your teacher would make both your and your parents whole day. Publicly praise
    positive behaviour and show your students that you are celebrating their achievements as well.

    8- Involve students in decision making


    Students tend to do great when they feel they are trusted and that they are real parts in the
    learning / teaching operation. Use voting and polling to invistigate about a certain topic or
    classroom assignment. Try from time to time to give them the wheel and let them lead. This is a
    great way to inspire students to increase their productivity.

    9- Use peer learning


    Peer learning is a form of cooperative learning that enhances the value of student-student
    interaction and results in various advantageous learning outcomes. For peer learning to be
    effective, the teacher must ensure that the entire group experiences positive interdependence,
    face-to-face interaction, group processing, and individual and group accountability. Here are
    some of the strategies to help you facilitate successful peer learning as stated in this article :

    Buzz groups : This is a large group of students subdivided into smaller groups of 4-5
    students to consider issues surrounding a problem.
    Affinity groups : Groups of 4-5 students are each assigned particular tasks to work on
    outside of formal contact time
    Solution and critic groups ; One sub-group is assigned a discussion topic for a tutorial
    and the other groups constitute critics who observe, offer comments and evaluate the subgroup presentation
    Teach-Write-Discuss : At the end of a unit of instruction, students have to answer short
    question and justify their answers. After working on them individually they can then
    compare their answers with each others.

    10- Love your subject/ job


    The best way to get students interested in your subject, from sciences to language to arts, is to
    love it so much that your passion for the field shows in your attitude. Students positively respond
    to authenticity. And as Abraham Lincoln once said " Love the job you do and you will never
    have to work a day ".

    To finish up, here is an awesome video featuring the 7 habits of highly ineffective educators

    Considerations for Teachers


    The teachers role in problem-based learning moves from preteaching through assessing
    students performance throughout the project, and includes the following steps:

    Preteach
    Introduce the Problem and the Language Needed to Work on It
    Group Students and Provide Resources
    Observe and Support
    Follow Up and Assess Progress

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