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What makes a great teacher?

Ready to go back school? Even the ones who left the school ages ago, September means a sort of an early "New Year", when a lot of us want to take up new courses to improve our professional skills; or learn something new that doesn't have anything to do with our profession... or just go back to the gym!

 

Also Teachers' Days celebrations are approaching so we were wondering: what skills make a great teacher? What abilities do you think a good teacher should have? Vote for the one you consider more important to comment below if we may have missed it!

 

Let us know your thoughts!

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  • Showmanship

     

    This includes enthusiasm for the subject and a sense of humor.  The best teachers I remember had great showmanship and deliberately set up lectures so that you'd want to be there because it was fun as well as educational.

     

    The best teacher I ever had was the late Henry Guckel at the University of Wisconsin - Madison.  He taught semiconductor physics and design, and founded the IC fabrication lab using surplus equipment donated from industry.  He gave frequent tours of the lab, a good opportunity to show off his wicked sense of humor and his Goldfinger-like German accent:

    We use two kinds of poison gas to dope semiconductors.  One of them will kill you in five seconds, the other one instantaneously.  So come around to the lab some time... we are always looking for volunteers to help us change the poison gas flasks.

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  • Showmanship

     

    This includes enthusiasm for the subject and a sense of humor.  The best teachers I remember had great showmanship and deliberately set up lectures so that you'd want to be there because it was fun as well as educational.

     

    The best teacher I ever had was the late Henry Guckel at the University of Wisconsin - Madison.  He taught semiconductor physics and design, and founded the IC fabrication lab using surplus equipment donated from industry.  He gave frequent tours of the lab, a good opportunity to show off his wicked sense of humor and his Goldfinger-like German accent:

    We use two kinds of poison gas to dope semiconductors.  One of them will kill you in five seconds, the other one instantaneously.  So come around to the lab some time... we are always looking for volunteers to help us change the poison gas flasks.

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